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Russia released footage of Iskander missile strikes destroying Ukrainian drone launchers in Sumy and Kharkiv, just as Ukraine claimed a major cross-border drone offensive on Russian airbases. Ukraine says it damaged or destroyed 40 Russian bombers—including Tu-22s and Tu-95s—and even struck an A-50 radar plane. Fires were reported at the Olenya and Belaya airbases. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian special operation named “Pavutyna” reportedly hit a Russian military unit in Siberia’s Irkutsk region, marking one of Kyiv’s deepest strikes into Russian territory.