OVERNIGHT ONSLAUGHT
Ukraine launches massive drone attack destroying six planes & killing 20 Russian troops as ’60 explosions’ rock airbase
Kyiv targeted the bases home to Su-34 frontline jets worth £40million
UKRAINE launched an enormous drone attack overnight targeting key Russian airfields home to Putin's prized Su-34 and Tu-160 bombers.
More than 60 blasts hit two Russian bases in the overnight blitz, destroying at least six of Putin's planes and damaging eight more.
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A Russian official was forced to admit Kyiv had succeeded in the "large-scale attack" on the city of Rostov.
Ukraine's ambush targeted Putin's Morozovsk and Engels military airfields - where Su-34 and Tu-160 bomber jets are kept.
Kyiv has already destroyed a number of the valuable planes in daring aerial strikes and airfield hits and last night took out 20 Russian troops.
Some of them kept in Morozovsk are reserved for the frontline of Vlad's ruthless meat grinder battles.
Clips from the overnight ambush showed glowing missiles shooting through the sky before enormous explosiions.
Huge clouds of orange smoke and fire billowed out from the airbase targets.
Witnesses reported seeing more than 60 explosions during the bold blitz.
The Engels airfield in Saratov - reportedly also hit - is home to Russia's Tu-160 aircraft.
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The jets are a lethal missile-carrying bomber which dates back to the Soviet era.
Mad Vlad's prized Su-34 planes, also designed for precise and brutal bombings, are thought to cost around £40million.
Ukrainian official Anton Gerashchenko said: "Russian media report drone attacks on Morozovsk and Engels airfields in Russia last night.
"Morozovsk airfield in Rostov region hosts Su-34 aircraft that keep bombing the Ukrainian frontlines with guided aerial bombs.
";Engels is a strategic bomber military airbase in Saratov region that hosts Russian Tu-160 aircraft that is used to attack Ukraine."
Just weeks ago Ukraine shot down another Su-34 during a bold strike in Luhansk.
And in January, two of Putin's most crucial spy planes worth £290million were shot down as Russia fears Ukraine used a secret NATO "miracle weapon" in the attack.
One of the Russian dictator's £260million jets disappeared and a £30million bomber jet was set on fire after Ukrainian forces shot them out of the sky above the Azov Sea.
They were blasted out of the air in one of Moscow's worst days for its air force since Russia's invasion in 2022.
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