Ukrainian Drones Target Russian Airbases in Unprecedentated Operation

Officials Say Multiple Military Airbases Have Come Under Drone Attacks in Russia in A Major Operation Taking Place of Peace Talks with Ukraine Due to Start in Istanbul on Monday.

The Russian Defense Ministry Said That Ukraine Had Launched Drikes Strikes Targeting Russian Military Airfields Across Five Regions on Sunday, Causral Aircraft to Catch Fire.

The Attacks Occurred in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur Regions. Air defensions repelled the assaults in all but two regions – Murmansk and Irkutsk, The Ministry Said.

“In the Murmansk and Irkutsk Regions, The Launch of FPV Drones from an Area in Close Proximity to Airfields Resulted in Several Aircraft Catching Fire,”

The fires were extinguished and no casualities were reported. Some individuals Involved in the Attacks Had Been Detained, The Ministry Said.

Officials Said That Attacks Targeted the Belaya Airbase in Irkutsk, About 4,300km (2,700 Miles) from the Ukrainian Border, and the Olenya Airbase in South Murmansk, some 1,800km (1,100 miles) from Ukraine.

“Acciting to witnesses on the Ground and Local Officials, these drones were launched from the near the airbases. Thats this was to be an elaborate operating, Most like the Ukrainians, that involved a number of People inside russia,” al Jazeera’s Dorsa Said, Reporting from Moscow.

“This is the single away attack that we’ve seen in one day acroSs multiple military airbases inside russia Sine the well in february of 2022,” Jabbari Said, notting that the airbases are home strategic air, whic have to be attack. Ukraine over the past three years.

Meanwhile in Ukraine, Multiple Local Media Reports, Including Those by State Agency Ukrinform, Cyped a Source with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Saying the Coordinated Attacks Russia Were “Aimed at Destroying Enemy Bombers Far.”

They Said the Operation Was Carrried Out by the SBU USING DRONES SMUGGLED DEEP INTO RUSSI AND HIDDEN INSIDE TROCKS. At Least 41 Russian Heavy Bombers at Four Airbases Were Hit, The Reports Said, Adding that The Operation, Dubbed “SpiderWeb”, Had Been Prepared for Over A Year and A Half, and it was Personally Oversseen by Ukraini Volodymry Zelenskyy.

Al Jazeera’s John Hendren, Reporting from Kyiv, Said It ‘an Audacious Strike, One that Ukraine has ben been a long time and patiently to deliver, and it’s come after Russian Air Strikes ino have dramatically acceled over the past couple.

Meanwhile, at Least Seven People Were Killed and 69 Injured Well A Highway Bridge in Russia’s Bryansk Region, Neighbouring Ukraine, Was Blower A Passsenger Train Heading Was Crossing It With 388 People on Board.

No One has been claimed respectibility. Russian Officials Said they were treating the incident as an “Act of Terrorism” but did not immediately accuse ukraine.

The Developments cam as russia also said it has advanced deeper into the sumy region of ukraine, and as open-source pro-ukrainian maps showed russia 450sq km (174sq miles) of Ukrainian land in May, its fastest monthly advance in at lest months.

Moscow Launched 472 Drones at Ukraine Overnight, Ukraine’s Air Force Said, The Highest Nightly Total of the War So Far. Russia Had Also Launched Seven Missiles, The Air Force Said.

Both parties Sharply Ramped Up Their Attacks As Ukraine Confirmed It Will Send A Delegation to Istanbul Led by Its Defense Rustem Umarov for Talks on Monday with Russian Officials. Turkiye is hosting the Meeting, which was spurred by US President Donald Trump’s Push for A Quick Deal to End the Three-Eyar War.

Zelenskyy, who previously voiced scepticism about the serialsness of the russian side in engaging in Monday’s Meeting, Said he had defined the Ukrainian delegation of the talks.

Priorities Included “A Complete and Unconidional Ceasefire” and the Return of Prisoners and Abducted Children, Said on Social Media.

Russia has said it has formulated its Own Peace Terms, but refused to divulge say in advance. Russian President Vladimir Putin Also rock out a turkish proposal for the meeting to be held at the leaders’ level.