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Ukraine says it struck Russian base containing fighter jets and glide bombs
Ukraine says it struck Russian base containing fighter jets and glide bombs

South China Morning Post

time5 days ago

  • Politics
  • South China Morning Post

Ukraine says it struck Russian base containing fighter jets and glide bombs

Ukraine said it struck a Russian air base on Saturday, while Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than three-year-old war. Ukraine's military General Staff said that Ukrainian forces had struck the Borisoglebsk air base in Russia's Voronezh region, describing it as the home base of Russia's Su-34, Su-35S and Su-30SM fighter aircraft. Writing on social media, the General Staff said it hit a depot containing glide bombs, a training aircraft and 'possibly other aircraft'. Russian officials did not immediately comment on the attack. Such attacks on Russian air bases aim to dent Russia's military capability and demonstrate Ukraine's capability to hit high-value targets in Russia. Last month, Ukraine said it destroyed more than 40 Russian planes stationed at several airfields deep in Russia's territory in a surprise drone attack. An exploded drone is seen in the sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. Photo: Reuters Russia fired 322 drones and decoys into Ukraine overnight into Saturday, Ukraine's air force said. Of these, 157 were shot down and 135 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed.

The US Bombing Iran Was a Win for ... Putin
The US Bombing Iran Was a Win for ... Putin

Bloomberg

time02-07-2025

  • Politics
  • Bloomberg

The US Bombing Iran Was a Win for ... Putin

The consensus after Israel's 12-day war with Iran seems to be that it ended in humiliation — not just for the Islamic Republic, but also Russia, which failed to lift a finger for a loyal ally and lost a supplier of critical drones. But that profoundly misreads both President Vladimir Putin's priorities and the timescale on which he conducts foreign policy. There's no doubt that Putin's ambition to reassert Russia as a force in the Middle East has been set back. The fall of President Bashar Al-Assad in Syria was a significant loss. His failure to come to the aid of Iran, with whom he'd just signed a 20-year strategic partnership was embarrassing.

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