Poststrike satellite imagery revealed the charred remains of two Russian Tupolev Tu-95 bombers hit by Ukrainian drones at Olenya air base near the Barents Sea.
Credit: Maxar Technologies
Three Ukrainian attack drones struck a Sukhoi Su-57 fighter on June 8, 2024, at a base 365 mi. deep inside Russia. Satellite imagery showed the strike damaged the stealth fighter, a small victory for Kyiv in a long, difficult war. That isolated action a year ago proved to be only a warning shot—or...
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