On June 1, 2025, Ukraine pulled off one of the most daring strikes of the war, hitting Russian military targets deep inside its territory using a coordinated, large-scale drone operation. Ukrainian security sources say the attack hit at least four Russian airfields, including the Belaya air base in Irkutsk, way out in Siberia—over 2,500 miles from Ukraine’s border. That’s not a typo. Ukraine reached across an entire continent to strike strategic bombers parked on Russian soil.

Reports say more than 40 aircraft were either damaged or destroyed, including Tu-95 and Tu-22 bombers—the same types Moscow uses to launch long-range missile attacks on Ukrainian cities. Some sources put the number as high as 41 bombers. Other airfields in Murmansk, Ryazan, and Ivanovo were also reportedly targeted

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