Explosions rock two Russian airbases far from Ukraine frontline
by Andrew Roth in Moscow and Julian Borger in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#66GMQ)
Russia confirms blasts at military facilities as Kyiv finds way to target long-range bombers
Explosions have rocked two Russian airbases far from the frontlines as Kyiv appeared to launch a pre-emptive strike on bombers that the Kremlin has used to try to cripple the Ukrainian electrical grid.
The Russian defence ministry confirmed the attacks on Monday, blaming them on Ukraine and saying two warplanes were damaged. For Kyiv the strike represented an unprecedented operation deep inside Russia to disrupt the Kremlin strategy of provoking a humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine on the verge of winter.
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