Russia. A series of drone strikes targeted military airfields across Russia: in the Murmansk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, Irkutsk, and Amur regions (the attack on Ukrainka airport failed). Around 4:06 PM EEST, the Ukrainian SBU conducted Operation Spider Web (Операція Павутиння), a drone strike that destroyed over 40 Russian military aircraft, including Tu-95 and Tu-22 strategic bombers and an A-50 radar plane, at airbases located deep within Russian territory, up to 5,000 kilometers from Ukraine. The operation was personally overseen by President Zelensky and led by SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk. FPV drones were smuggled into Russia in wooden cabins mounted on trucks, remotely controlled, and launched from within the country. The SBU reports that all Ukrainian agents involved have returned safely. The Tupolev Tu-95 is a nuclear bomber, and Russia currently owns (or owned) only 47 of them. It has four engines and can carry enormous payloads.
