“The head of the SBU, Gen. Vasily Malyuk, just released a bit of extra information about the Ukrainian VBIED attack targeting the Crimean Bridge last year. In total, 21 tons of RDX high explosive was plastic wrapped in palletized cylinders to avoid detection.”
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1692786220026212654
“/1. At the Soltsy air base in the Novgorod region, two planes are on fire, presumably due to a drone strike, - Russian media.
/3. Russian ministry of defence claim - Today, at about 10.00 Moscow time, a military airfield in the Novgorod region was attacked by a copter-type UAV. As a result of the attack on the territory of the airfield, a fire broke out in the aircraft parking lot, which was quickly extinguished by fire brigades. One plane was damaged, but there were no casualties.
/4. The Solotsy air base is home to the 40th Composite Aviation Regiment which flies the Tu-22M as part of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.”
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1692840787057279320
“Ukrainian drones hit the Russian “Soltsy-2” Air Base in Novgorod Oblast. The air base is home to the Tupolev Tu-22M3, a strategic bomber used also for missile attacks against Ukraine. The Russian MoD already confirms the damage of “one plane”, likely one of the bombers.”
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1692852965030433222
“Soltsy-2 air base is almost 670 km from the nearest part of Ukraine. I reckon it was struck by drones launched from Russian territory. An impressive feat at any rate!”
https://twitter.com/PaxLusitanica/status/1692856700766654627
St. Petersburg next?
“If thats the beaver at work it’s an effective 700 km reach, that’s almost 50% farther than Moscow.”