Ukraine hits more than 40 Russian fighter jets with massive drone strikes

Ukraine claims to have shot down more than 40 Russian fighter jets at several military airfields in what appears to be one of the most daring drone attacks on Russian aviation to date. Sources from Ukraine's security service, the SBU, told the BBC that enemy strategic bombers were being burned en masse in Russia.

Sources said Ukraine was carrying out a 'large-scale special operation aimed at destroying enemy bombers', according to a statement sent by sources within the service to BBC Ukraine.

Dramatic footage has emerged purportedly showing a drone attack on the Belaya air base in Irkutsk oblast, Siberia, thousands of miles from Ukraine. Russia has not commented.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities have reported a massive drone attack on its territory.

All this comes as Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are heading to Istanbul, Turkey, for a second round of peace talks. /CNA

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