Ukraine Safety Service He claims to have reached more than 40 Russian bombers in the Russian territory in the Russian territory, in what would be one of the largest and most bold attacks against the Russian territory in the conflict of years.
A source Within the Ukraine Security Service (SBU) he told NBC News that the country was aimed at “41 strategic Russian aircraft” in an offensive operation named with “Spiderweb” code.
The source He also launched a dramatic video that supposedly shows a drone attack at the Belaya Air Base in the Russian Irkutsk region, located in Siberia, almost 3,000 miles from Ukraine. The footage captures bombers under attack, with visible explosions and smoke that rise from the scene.
“Preliminary estimates indicate that enemy aviation has suffered more than $ 2 billion in damages,” said the source. “Strategic enemies bombers are burning mass in Russia.”
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, did not directly approach the bombing, but said Sunday in X that Ukraine was “doing everything possible to protect our independence, our state and our people”, after saying that he had received updates from the intelligence agencies and the SBU.
Zelensky’s cabinet chief Andriy Yermak published a web of a web on Sunday, apparently referring to the name of the mass operation of drones.
The remarkable attack was in process for more than a year and a half, said the source inside the SBU to NBC News. The first smuggling SBU Russia, followed by mobile wooden cabins. Once inside Russia, the drones were hidden under the cabin roofs mounted on load trucks. During the attack, the roofs opened remotely, allowing the drones to be launched in the Russian bombers, according to La Fuente, who added that the operation was supervised by Zelenskyy and executed by the country’s security service.
NBC News could not independently verify the statements.
Russia did not comment immediately about the bombings, but Irkutsk regional governor, Igor Kobzev, said in Telegram that there had been a drone attack “in a military unit in Sredny’s settlement.”
He did not say if the Belaya air base or others were beaten, but said the drone was thrown from a truck.
Russian officials in the regions of Ryazan and Murmansk also reported the activity of the drones on Sunday afternoon, according to The Associated Press, but did not give more details.
The attack follows a bombing night, with Russia launching 472 drones, said the Ukraine Air Force. The earliest Sunday, the Ukraine Army said that a Russian missile strike in an army training unit killed at least 12 members of the Ukrainian service and wounded 60.
The last climbing occurs only one day before Russia and Ukraine are scheduled to meet for a second round of direct conversations in Istanbul.
Zelenskyy seemed to confirm kyiv’s participation on Sunday, saying in X that “he described the tasks for the short term and also defined our positions before the meeting in Istanbul on Monday.”
“First, a high full and unconditional fire. Second, the release of prisoners. Third, the return of kidnapped children,” he said.
On Saturday night, two bridges collapsed in Russian regions that border Ukraine, killing seven and hurting dozens. Russian officials claimed deliberate sabotage.
The first collapse occurred on Saturday night in Bryansk, crashing against railways and derailing a train that is approaching, according to Governor Alexander Bogomaz.
“Unfortunately, there are seven deaths,” he published on Telegram, and then added that 47 people had been hospitalized.
Hours later in the Kursk region, a railway bridge collapsed while a cargo train crossed it, according to interim governor Alexander Khinshtein.
NBC News could not independently verify any of the incidents. Ukraine has not commented.
