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Yahoo
3 days ago
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Wild videos capture fiery scenes from a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Russian bombers shielded by tires
Ukraine carried out a massive drone attack targeting Russian bombers on Sunday. A Ukrainian security source said at least 40 aircraft were struck in the attack. Footage shows the Ukrainian strikes on Russian bombers shielded only by tires. Ukrainian forces carried out a massive drone attack targeting Russian bombers and other aircraft on Sunday, striking dozens of planes, a security source told Business Insider. The source in the Security Service of Ukraine said that the agency carried out "a large-scale special operation" to destroy Russian bombers deep inside the country. They said that the attack drones hit at least 40 aircraft, including Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control planes and Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bombers. Video footage captured by a drone and obtained by BI shows a row of Russian bombers burning, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the air. Another video captures the moment a drone hits an aircraft. At least two bombers in this footage, including the one that gets struck, are covered in tires. Russia has used this tactic throughout the war in an apparent attempt to confuse Ukrainian weapons systems, like drones and missiles, that are looking for the aircraft. "Enemy strategic bombers are burning en masse in Russia," the SBU source shared in translated remarks. They said that Ukraine attacked four airbases across Russia and said Moscow's losses amount to billions of dollars, adding that the number of damaged planes could increase. The source said the operation, which was supervised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, involved more than a year and a half of planning and was "extremely complex from a logistical point of view." The SBU transported numerous small first-person-view (FPV) drones to Russia, along with what looked like wooden shipping crates. Once all the pieces were in the country, the drones were hidden in the crates, which were placed on trucks. On Sunday, the tops of the crates were remotely opened, and the drones flew out. BI could not independently verify the shared details of the operation against Russia. Russia's defense ministry has yet to issue a public statement on the attack, nor did it respond to BI's request for comment on the attack. The Russian embassy was also unresponsive. The Tu-95 and Tu-22M strategic bombers have been used to launch missile strikes against Ukrainian targets. Russia's attacks have intensified recently; Moscow launched more than 900 drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles over just a three-day period in late May, officials said. On Sunday, the Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched 472 attack drones and decoy drones — Moscow's biggest bombardment with uncrewed systems so far. Kyiv said 385 enemy air vehicles were taken down. The Ukrainian attack on Sunday marks Ukraine's latest deep strike into Russia. Kyiv's forces have repeatedly used domestically produced drones and missiles to hit airbases, ammunition depots, and weapons-making sites far behind enemy lines over the past year. Read the original article on Business Insider
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Politics
- Business Insider
Wild videos capture fiery scenes from a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Russian bombers shielded by tires
Ukrainian forces carried out a massive drone attack targeting Russian bombers and other aircraft on Sunday, striking dozens of planes, a security source told Business Insider. The source in the Security Service of Ukraine said that the agency carried out "a large-scale special operation" to destroy Russian bombers deep inside the country. They said that the attack drones hit at least 40 aircraft, including Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control planes and Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bombers. Video footage captured by a drone and obtained by BI shows a row of Russian bombers burning, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the air. Another video captures the moment a drone hits an aircraft. At least two bombers in this footage, including the one that gets struck, are covered in tires. Russia has used this tactic throughout the war in an apparent attempt to confuse Ukrainian weapons systems, like drones and missiles, that are looking for the aircraft. "Enemy strategic bombers are burning en masse in Russia," the SBU source shared in translated remarks. They identified the Belaya airbase, in Russia's central Irkutsk region, as one of the sites Ukraine attacked and said Moscow's losses amount to billions of dollars. "We are waiting for details. And we hope that the number of planes hit will increase!" the source added. It's unclear what type of drones Ukraine used in the massive attack, which reportedly targeted multiple airfields across Russia. BI could not independently verify the details of the operation. Russia's defense ministry has yet to issue a public statement on the attack, nor did it immediately respond to BI's request for comment on the attack. The Tu-95 and Tu-22M strategic bombers have been used to launch missile strikes against Ukrainian targets. Russia's attacks have intensified recently; Moscow launched more than 900 drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles over just a three-day period in late May, officials said. The attack on Sunday marks Ukraine's latest deep strike into Russia. Kyiv's forces have used domestically produced drones and missiles to hit airbases, ammunition depots, and weapons-making sites far behind enemy lines over the past year.
Telegraph
27-03-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
North Korea moves to ‘prioritise AI' with suicide drone
North Korea has unveiled a swarm of intelligence-controlled suicide drones in its race to modernise the armed forces through AI technology. Pyongyang released photos on Thursday of the drones striking ground targets, including a tank, and revealed its first early-warning aircraft. Overseeing the event, Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, told state media: 'The field of unmanned equipment and artificial intelligence should be top-prioritised and developed in modernising the armed forces.' Wearing a brown leather jacket, the dictator inspected upgraded reconnaissance UAVs, reportedly capable of identifying tactical targets and enemy activities on land and at sea. North Korea is racing to bring its surveillance technology up to date, which lags behind that of its southern rival, South Korea. The early-warning plane, which resembles the Russian Soviet-developed Beriev A-50, could help enhance its ageing land-based radar systems. The aircraft is topped with a radome, a weatherproof enclosure that protects radar antennas and conceals the electronic equipment. Analysts previously said the plane was being converted from a cargo lifter into a surveillance craft, but this is the first time it has been confirmed by North Korea. Last year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based think-tank, said the plane could help overcome challenges posed by Korea's mountainous terrain when trying to track low-flying aircraft and cruise missiles. But it warned that one aircraft was not enough and that it could cannibalise its cargo fleet if it tried to build more. Col Lee Sung-jun, the spokesman for South Korea's joint chiefs of staff, said the plane's operational capability is not yet clear, but it is 'very bulky and assessed to be vulnerable to interception'. 'Russia may have had something to do [with] the internal system and parts,' he added. Shin Won-sik, South Korea's national security advisor, said last year that Moscow has provided Pyongyang with anti-air missiles and unspecified air defence equipment in return for soldiers to help fight in Ukraine. South Korea said on Thursday that Pyongyang appeared to have sent 3,000 additional troops to Russia over January and February to bolster Putin's war effort. It added there had been 4,000 North Korean casualties on the Ukrainian front line. The disclosure comes after Hwang Joon-kook, South Korea's top envoy to the UN, warned the military partnership between Moscow and North Korea is deepening, inflicting 'serious suffering' on families in North Korea. 'Pyongyang must stop sacrificing its own people to sustain the regime in exchange for military, political and economic support from Moscow,' he said.
