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Drones attacked Russia's Savasleyka military airfield in Nizhny Novgorod region, with at least 10 impacts reported

Savasleyka, Nizhny Novgorod
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Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Savasleyka military airfield (location) Kulebyaki district (location) NASA (organization) Savasleyka air base (location) Ukrainian Air Force (military_unit) Special Operations Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) SBU State Security Service (organization) Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense (military_unit) Russia (organization) Savasleyka airbase (location) MiG-31K (weapon_system) Borisoglebsk airbase (location) Baltimore airbase (location) Khalino Airbase (Kursk) (location) Kinzhal (weapon_system) Il-76 (weapon_system) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) MiG-45 (weapon_system) MiG-31 (weapon_system) Lutiy drone (weapon_system) MiG-31B (weapon_system) Savasleyka airfield (location) MiG-31 fighter jet (weapon_system) Ukrainian drones (weapon_system) MiG-31 fighter jets (weapon_system) 4th State Center for Aviation Personnel Training and Military Testing (military_unit) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Tochka-U missile (weapon_system) Drone (weapon_system) Russian Air and Space Forces (military_unit) Savasleyka military airbase (location) UAVs (weapon_system) Russian MiG-31K fighter jets (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Explosions rang out Wednesday morning in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region, where the Savasleyka military airfield is located

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

There were at least 10 impacts at the Savasleika military air base on Wednesday

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Traffic to the town of Kulebyaki, where the airbase is located, has been blocked

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Russia claims its air defense destroyed 11 drones over Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian drones attacked the Savasleika airbase, home to Russia's MiG-31K and its hypersonic Kinzhal missiles.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

According to preliminary information, 2 Russian MiG-31s were destroyed in the drone attack.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

The strike on Savasleyka targeted MiG-45 and MiG-31 interceptors during their takeoff, located about 700 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Drones attacked Savasleyka airbase, with reports of 10 explosions.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:10.950Z

Source story: 3895004-ten-blasts-reported-as-russias-savasleyka-airfield-comes-under-drone-attack