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- Ukraine showed its drones can strike advanced aircraft at air bases inside Russia.
- Ukraine appears to be systematically attacking airbases with drones.
- Cheap drones may be one way to strike back at the Russian jets pummeling Ukraine with glide bombs.
A recent Ukrainian drone strike appears to have damaged one, possibly two, of Russia's rare stealth fighters in an airbase deep inside Russia, highlighting a problem for the Russian Air Force.
No matter how many aircraft it has, those planes have to be parked somewhere. And even hundreds of miles inside Russia, those airbases can be attacked by cheap drones.