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Ukrainian long-range drone strike likely destroyed or damaged four Tu-95 bombers and three Tu-22M3 bombers at Belaya Air Base in Irkutsk Oblast.

Belaya, Irkutsk Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Tu-95 bomber (weapon_system) Tu-22M3 bomber (weapon_system) SBU (organization) Belaya air base (location) FPV drone (weapon_system) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Tu-95MS strategic bomber (weapon_system) Tu-22M3 aircraft (weapon_system) Umbra Space (organization) Tu-22M3 (weapon_system) Belaya airbase (location) Tu-22 (weapon_system) Tu-95 (weapon_system) Tu-95MS (weapon_system) 444th Guards Aviation Regiment (military_unit) 200th Guards Aviation Regiment (military_unit) Pavutyna (military_unit)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian special services likely destroyed or damaged four Tu-95 bombers and three Tu-22M3 bombers at Belaya Air Base.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

41 Russian heavy bombers were hit at four airfields including Belaya air base in Irkutsk Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The operation was planned for a year and a half

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Drones were hidden in mobile wooden cabins on trucks and launched remotely

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Four Tu-22s and three Tu-95s were destroyed at Belaya airfield

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Another Tu-95 was likely damaged

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.082Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-2-2025