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The drones struck a long-range missile carrier at the Olenya base, Ukrainian Pravda reported.

Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Olenya airfield in the far north of the country on Saturday, hitting a strategic bomber, according to Ukrainian and other media reports.

The drones targeted a Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic long-range missile carrier at the "strategic aviation" base, Ukrainian Pravda reported, citing Ukraine's intelligence unit. 

Russia has not commented on the attack and Ukrainian military offered no further details.

Located in the Arctic on the Kola Peninsula, the Olenya air base is more than 1,900 kilometers north of Ukraine, but a mere 200 kilometers from the Finnish border.

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[–] assembly@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

How did they pull that off? Article says the location is 1,900 miles north of Ukraine. I imagine the longest range drones Ukraine has are those aircraft that look like converted Cessnas and I don’t think a Cessna is making it that far. Maybe launched by a recon group working inside Russia? No matter how they did it, amazing outcome and I really hope to hear about more strikes like this.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maybe a combo glider/Cessna? Whatever they used, it's amazing news. Now hit the rail lines in the Far East, bringing stuff in and out of China and NK.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They used a two-seater prop plane turned into a drone before, so it wouldn't exactly shock me if they did something similar again.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/04/03/ukraines-new-factory-smashing-drone-is-a-90000-sport-plane-with-a-robot-at-the-controls/

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That would be a bold stroke. I'm not sure how they'd cope with that

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Look up the published ranges of the shahed drones from Iran (2,500km or around 1,600 miles). Even if the Irainians are lying about it's effective range it's still possible for Ukraine to have copied and improved on the design.

Of course the drones are not that large and there's a few fishing boats in the artic.