Russian Defense: Large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on several airports repelled
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Sunday that it repelled a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeting several military airports.
The ministry said in a statement: that "Ukraine launched an attack using FPV-guided drones on airports in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions."
The statement added that "all attacks on military airports in the Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions were repelled."
The ministry noted that "several aircraft units caught fire in the Murmansk and Irkutsk regions as a result of the launch of guided drones from areas near the airports."
According to the statement "the fires were extinguished, and no casualties were reported among military personnel or civilians. Some of the participants in these attacks were arrested."
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