Kiev announced that it had hit a Russian military airport in Lipetsk

The Ukrainian armed forces introduced at present that they struck a Russian navy airfield in western Russia's Lipetsk area in a single day, inflicting harm to a stockpile of remote-controlled bombs and a collection of explosions.

Kiev is attacking Russian air bases to restrict Moscow's means to make use of its warplanes to strike targets in Ukraine and pound entrance strains with guided bombs and missiles.

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“A big fireplace broke out and a number of explosions occurred,” the Kiev armed forces introduced through Telegram.

In response to the identical supply, the airport was the bottom of Russian Su-34, Su-35 and MiG-31 warplanes.

A safety supply informed Reuters the assault was carried out by drones whereas dozens of planes and helicopters have been on the airport, which additionally housed a cache of 700 remote-controlled bombs.

The governor of the Russian Lipetsk area, Igor Aratamonov, stated a “large assault” by Ukrainian drones had precipitated explosions, blackouts and injured 9 individuals.

Native emergency officers stated a fireplace broke out on the air base outdoors the regional capital, Interfax information company reported.

The Ukrainian supply stated that a lot of the plane didn’t have time to take off.

“Originally of August we cleared the Morozovsk airfield of remote-controlled bombs and fighters, at present it’s Lipetsk-2's flip,” the supply stated.

Final Saturday, Ukraine introduced it had hit a munitions depot at Morozovsk airport, which it stated Russian forces have been storing remote-controlled bombs and different gear there, in addition to a variety of gas storage services.

Supply: APE – MEB – Reuters