Three Russian military airbases came under attack earlier this week by combat drones that Moscow says were launched from Ukrainian territory.
The attacks coincided with a fresh round of Russian artillery strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, which have further degraded the country’s beleaguered power grid.
On Dec. 6, a military airfield near the Russian city of Kursk—located 60 miles north of the Ukrainian border—was attacked by combat drones, setting an oil tank ablaze.
One day earlier, two other airfields inside Russian territory, including one that hosts Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, were subject to similar drone strikes.
Smoke rises over the city after a Russian missile strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 10, 2022. (Oleksandr Klymenko/Reuters)
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the twin attacks left three servicemen dead and caused significant damage to two aircraft….