Ukrainian Drones May Have Flown A Record 1,100 Miles To Target Russian Bombers At Their Northern Base
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/07/27/ukrainian-drones-may-have-flown-a-record-1100-miles-to-target-russian-bombers-at-their-northern-base/
According to Ukrainian Pravda, citing intelligence sources, the directorate flew long-range strike drones a staggering 1,100 miles on Saturday to hit Olenya airfield, a Russian air force bomber base in Murmansk in northern Russia.
The raid on Olenya was reportedly part of a wider Ukrainian operation that also sent explosive drones toward two other air bases as well as an oil refinery.
Using a growing arsenal of locally made drones, the Ukrainian intelligence directorate has been stepping up its raids on targets inside Russia. Airfields and oil refineries are the main targets, but the drones also strike weapons factories and space facilities. Spread increasingly thin by the widening assault, Russian air defenses struggle to shoot down the drones.
The purported 1,100-mile raid beat, by 300 miles, the Ukrainian drone operators’ previous distance record. In May, a Ukrainian drone—a pilotless version of a propeller-driven sport plane—struck an oil refinery in Salavat, in Russia more than 800 miles from the front line in Ukraine.
Link to Ukr pravda
https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2024/07/27/7467687/