Olenya airbase satellite image
Bombers at Olenya airfield.
  • Ukraine says it struck a Tu-22M3 bomber around 1,100 miles from its border.
  • This would be Ukraine's deepest strike on Russian territory since the war began.
  • The Tu-22M3 is a long-range supersonic bomber designed to take out sea- and ground-based targets.

Ukraine said it hit a Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber a record-breaking 1,100 miles from its borders, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Saturday, citing sources in the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

The sources said that Ukraine had used reconnaissance drones to strike Olenya airfield in Murmansk in northwestern Russia, which they said was "the base of the strategic aircraft of the Russian occupiers."