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💥 Attack

Ukrainian Defence Forces attacked a military airfield in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, using a copter-type UAV, damaging at least one aircraft.

Soltsy, Novgorod Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Ukrainian Defence Forces (organization) Soltsy airfield (location) Tu-22M (weapon_system) Ukrainian forces (organization) Tu-22M3 (weapon_system) Novgorod Oblast (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Novhorod Oblast military airfield (location) Novgorod airfield (location) Novgorod Oblast military airfield (location) Soltsy-2 Airbase (location) Soltsy airbase (location) 840th Heavy Bomber Regiment (military_unit) Defense Intelligence of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine (HUR) (organization) Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber (weapon_system) Novgorod region (location) Tu-22 strategic bomber (weapon_system) Russian Ministry of Defence (organization) Tu-22M3 bomber (weapon_system) Ukrainian UAV (weapon_system)

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian troops attacked a military airfield in Novgorod Oblast with a copter-type UAV

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

One plane was damaged and there were no casualties according to Russian Defence Ministry

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Drone strike destroyed one Tu-22M3 and damaged two more at Soltsy airfield in Novgorod Oblast on Aug. 19

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted a drone strike on Soltsy airbase in Novgorod Oblast and reportedly damaged strategic aircraft on August 19.

Censor.NET → Source tone: uncertain

Russian Ministry of Defence claims a Ukrainian UAV attacked a military airfield in the Novgorod region, causing one aircraft to be damaged and a fire that was extinguished.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:21:16.301Z

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