“Ukrainian drones attacked the Murmansk region on Wednesday,” said the region’s governor, Andrei Chibis. According to Russian military officials, the drones managed to fly to the village of Vysyheye in the north of the region, near which the Olenia military airport is located. Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 strategic bombers are stationed there.
Ukrainian drones attacked the Murmansk region. Record range since the beginning of the war – 1,850 km
“Ukraine has attacked Murmansk Oblast using drones for the first time, setting a record for the longest range in the entire war,” The Moscow Times reports.
The strike, during which Ukrainian drones struck targets above the Arctic Circle for the first time, had a record range since the beginning of the war. The distance from the border to the village of Wysokie is 1,850 km. The previous record – set in May – was 1,800 km. Next, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck Orsk in the Orenburg Oblast, where there is a radar station for early warning of a nuclear attack. Previously, the most distant target of Ukrainian drones was an object in the city of Salawat in the Republic of Bashkortostan, located 1,660 km from the Russian-Ukrainian border.
