Ukraine's Security Service has released dramatic footage of drone attacks on five Russian military bases which caused more than $1billion of damage.

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Ukraine’s elite Alpha special operations unit has used long-range drones to strike five Russian military airfields, destroying or disabling 15 aircraft and inflicting losses estimated at more than $1 billion, according to Ukrainian security officials.

Russia has been mounting Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite systems on its attack drones to strike deeper into Ukraine, extending their potential flight range to well inside NATO territory, analysts and Ukrainian officials have said.

US-Russia relations have remained strained amid Washington’s continued military support for Ukraine and Moscow’s repeated warnings against Western arms deliveries. Photos shared online purport to show a US aircraft carrier destroyed by Russia while delivering fighter jets to Ukraine.

UKRAINE has hammered Russia’s air force with attacks on 15 aircrafts deep behind the front lines. Dramatic drone footage showed strikes on 15 aircraft including 11 Sukhoi and MiG fighter

Ukraine said it destroyed two Russian jets inside a hangar by sneaking in undetected. It adds to a long string of Ukraine's claimed kills against Russian jets. Aircraft have proven vulnerable in this war even while at bases, sparking some concern for the West.

Given the massive scale of Russian and Chinese strike drone production, the U.S. needs more interceptors in the price range of Sting and Surveyor to exceed strike drones in number and to enable spreading interceptors out geographically for broader protection. Even then, affordable interceptors alone won’t cut it.