Close Menu
  • Home
  • AI
  • Business
  • Market
    • Media
      • News
    • Politics
  • Sports
  • USA
  • World
    • Local
  • Breaking News
  • Health
  • Entertainment & Lifestyle

Subscribe to Updates

Subscribe to our newsletter and never miss our latest news

Subscribe my Newsletter for New Posts & tips Let's stay updated

What's Hot

Elon Musk’s companies await his steering

Lando Norris: McLaren driver hits back at F1 rivals after flexi-wing rules at Spanish Grand Prix ‘changed nothing’ | F1 News

In China, ‘The Great American’ burger is now made with Australian beef

Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
  • DMCA
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
BLMS Media | Breaking News, Politics, Markets & World Updates
  • Home
  • AI
  • Business
  • Market
    • Media
      • News
    • Politics
  • Sports
  • USA
  • World
    • Local
  • Breaking News
  • Health
  • Entertainment & Lifestyle
BLMS Media | Breaking News, Politics, Markets & World Updates
Home » Ukraine conducts ‘large-scale’ operation targeting Russian airbases, security source says
World

Ukraine conducts ‘large-scale’ operation targeting Russian airbases, security source says

BLMS MEDIABy BLMS MEDIAJune 1, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Telegram LinkedIn Tumblr Email Copy Link
Follow Us
Google News Flipboard
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Copy Link



CNN
 — 

Ukraine has carried out large-scale drone strikes against a number of airbases deep inside Russia, destroying multiple combat planes, according to a source in the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).

The attacks are the most ambitious simultaneous strikes on Russian airbases carried out by Ukraine since the war began.

The SBU source said that Russian bombers were “burning en masse” at four airbases hundreds of miles apart, adding that drones had been launched from trucks inside Russia.

More than 40 aircraft were known to have been hit, according to the source, including TU-95 and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers and one of Russia’s few remaining A-50 surveillance planes.

The airfields targeted included Belaya in Irkutsk, some 4,500 kilometers (2,800 miles) from Ukraine’s border with Russia, and the Dyagilevo base in Ryazan in western Russia, about 520 kilometers (320 miles) from Ukraine, which is a training center for Russia’s strategic bomber force.

The Olenya base near Murmansk in the Arctic Circle, more than 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) from Ukraine, was also struck, according to the source, as well as the Ivanovo airbase, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) from Ukraine. Ivanovo is a base for Russian military transport aircraft.

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed Ukraine had targeted Russian airfields across five regions on Sunday, calling the drone strikes “terrorist attacks.”

The ministry said strikes were repelled in the Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur regions but that “several pieces of aircraft” caught fire after attacks in the Murmansk and Irkutsk regions. It added that the fires had since been extinguished.

There were no casualties as a result of the attacks, the ministry continued, adding that “some participants in the terrorist attacks have been detained.”

The governor of Irkutsk region, Igor Kobziev, said that drones had been launched from a truck near the Belaya base.

Kobziev said on Telegram that the exact number of drones deployed had not been determined. Emergency and security services were at the site, he added.

SBU drones were targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night, the SBU source said – estimating the damage caused to the Russian side at more than $2 billion.

One video supplied by the source purportedly shows the Belaya airfield in flames and the voice of the head of the SBU, Lt. Gen. Vasyl Malyuk, commenting on the situation. “How beautiful Belaya airfield looks now. Enemy’s strategic aircraft,” he says.

CNN was able to confirm the location of that video, as well as two others posted on social media showing smoke rising from the Belaya airbase. It was not immediately able to independently verify other videos provided by the SBU.

The SBU source said that the operation was “extremely complicated from a logistical point of view,” with the drones carried inside wooden mobile homes that had been carried into Russia on trucks.

“The drones were hidden under the roofs of the houses, which were already placed on trucks. At the right moment, the roofs were remotely opened, and the drones flew to hit Russian bombers.”

One video purportedly of one attack appears to show drones rising from a truck, as vehicles pass on a nearby highway. Another image shows the roof of the truck on the ground.

The source added that people involved were already back in Ukraine.

CNN’s Frankie Vetch, Eve Brennan and Catherine Nicholls contributed to this report.



Source link

Follow on Google News Follow on Flipboard
Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email Copy Link
Previous ArticleApple’s China rival Xiaomi still has major upside, analysts say
Next Article Top Wall Street analysts prefer these dividend stocks for consistent returns
BLMS MEDIA
  • Website

Related Posts

Peru’s plan to drastically reduce Nazca Lines park size sparks concerns over environmental and heritage risks

June 3, 2025

Mexican president hails first judicial election a ‘complete success’ after just 13% turnout

June 2, 2025

Inside Ukraine’s audacious drone attack on Russian air bases

June 2, 2025
Add A Comment
Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

Top Posts

Nova Scotia: Siblings Lily, 6, and Jack, 4, have been missing in rural Canada for four days

May 6, 202515 Views

Australia’s center-left Labor Party retains power as conservative leader loses seat, networks report

May 3, 20254 Views

China suggests Covid-19 originated in US in response to Trump allegation

April 30, 20254 Views

These kibbutzniks used to believe in peace with Palestinians. Their views now echo Israel’s rightward shift

May 2, 20252 Views
Don't Miss

Valla raises $2.7M to make legal recourse more accessible to employees

By BLMS MEDIAJune 2, 20250

After a while, Danae Shell got tired of hearing the same story over and over…

Console raises $6.2M from Thrive to free IT teams from mundane tasks with AI

Microsoft Bing gets a free Sora-powered AI video generator

Snowflake to acquire database startup Crunchy Data

Subscribe to Updates

Subscribe to our newsletter and never miss our latest news

Subscribe my Newsletter for New Posts & tips Let's stay updated

Our Picks

Elon Musk’s companies await his steering

Lando Norris: McLaren driver hits back at F1 rivals after flexi-wing rules at Spanish Grand Prix ‘changed nothing’ | F1 News

In China, ‘The Great American’ burger is now made with Australian beef

Welcome to BLMS Media — your trusted source for news, insights, and stories that shape our world.

At BLMS Media, we are committed to delivering timely, accurate, and in-depth information across a wide range of topics. Whether you’re looking for breaking news, political analysis, market trends, or global developments, we bring you the stories that matter — with clarity, integrity, and perspective.

Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram Pinterest
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
  • DMCA
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
© 2025 blmsmedia. Designed by blmsmedia.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.