Ukraine destroys dozens of Russian warplanes with drone attack deep inside Russia

Ukrainian forces destroyed dozens of Russian warplanes with a drone onslaught connected aerial bases heavy wrong Russian territory connected Sunday.

Ukrainian forces destroyed 40 craft successful the attack, which an authoritative says took much than a twelvemonth to orchestrate. Russia's defence ministry confirmed the onslaught connected Sunday, saying it struck 5 airfields.

The cognition saw drones transported successful containers carried by trucks heavy into Russian territory, helium said. The drones reportedly deed 41 planes stationed astatine respective airfields connected Sunday afternoon, including A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22M aircraft, the authoritative said.

Moscow has antecedently utilized Tupolev Tu-95 and Tu-22 long-range bombers to motorboat missiles astatine Ukraine, portion A-50s are utilized to coordinate targets and observe aerial defenses and guided missiles.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy oversaw the drone onslaught wrong Russia, sources say. (Getty Images)

The White House told Fox News that President Donald Trump and his medication were not warned of the onslaught up of time.

Ukraine says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy personally oversaw the drone attack.

"We are doing everything to support our independence, our authorities and our people," Zelenskyy said successful a statement.

President Donald Trump was not notified up of Sunday's drone strike, the White House says. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

The onslaught comes conscionable a time earlier Ukrainian and Russian officials are acceptable to conscionable for a 2nd circular of ceasefire talks successful Istanbul, Turkey.

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A bid of explosions besides struck bridges successful Russia adjacent Ukraine's borderline connected Saturday, though Ukraine has not taken work for the attacks.

Ukrainian soldiers from the 115th Brigade Mortar Unit behaviour mortar training, arsenic members of the Anti-UAV portion trial an FPV drone inhibitor successful Lyman, Ukraine. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A road span implicit a railway successful the Bryansk portion was blown up astatine 10:50 p.m. (1950 GMT) connected Saturday nighttime conscionable arsenic a rider bid carrying 388 passengers to Moscow was passing underneath, Russian investigators said.

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Just 4 hours later, a railway span implicit a road was blown up successful the neighboring Kursk region, showering the roadworthy with parts of a freight train, the investigators said.

Fox News' Sarah Tobianski, Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report.