🇷🇺 Russia changes tactics: last night, Tu-95MS strategic bombers launched missiles from the Ukrainka airbase for the first time
Yes, you read that right — Ukrainka (literally "Ukrainian woman") is the name of a Russian airbase… located almost on the Japanese border. That’s how far Moscow is now forced to send its aircraft — nearly 6000 km across Russia — just to launch missiles at Ukraine.
According to defense monitors, these bombers took off from the "Ukrainka" base in the Far East, flew all the way to Saratov region to reach missile launch positions, and were refueled mid-air by an Il-78M tanker from the Dyagilevo base.
So let’s break this down.
Russia:
– hides its strategic bombers in Asia;
– uses a base named after a Ukrainian woman to strike at Ukrainians;
– and now launches attacks from distances suggesting they’re more afraid of Ukrainian retaliation than ever before.
This is not power — this is fear in action.
When your "superpower" has to launch missiles from the edge of Japan to feel safe from Ukraine, you're not winning. You're running.