Ukrainian Drone Strikes, Senate Budget Bill, Colorado Attack
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What happened in the recent Ukrainian drone attack?
A Ukrainian drone attack struck deep inside Russia, and Ukraine says it destroyed more than 40 Russian planes and air bases across the country.
What message does the drone strike send before peace talks?
Where peace talks set to take place today, what message does the attack send?
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Ukraine hit Russia with a series of remote drone strikes on military air bases deep inside Russian territory on Sunday.
This operation apparently took a long time to plan, and its timing now is meaningful. A new round of Russian-Ukrainian peace talks is expected in Istanbul, Turkey today.
Joining us to talk about this is NPR's Charles Maines, who is on the line from Moscow. So, Charles, let's start with the drone attacks. What do we know about them?
Sure. You know, Ukraine smuggled remotely operated drones laden with explosives deep into Russia. And by deep, I mean deep up into the Arctic, also into Siberia, some 2700 miles away. Now, they did this by hiding the drones in the tops of flatbed trucks, which then parked near military bases before lifting off to attack planes on the runway. And we know this because Russians filmed it. Local authorities shared this witness video, saying it was the first Ukrainian drone attack in Siberia.
What is the context behind Ukraine's military operations?
And has Ukraine taken credit?
In fact, they have. President Volodymyr Zelensky said he personally oversaw the operation. Here he is speaking last night.
In total, 117 drones were used in the operation.
So here, Zelensky says that in total, 117 drones were deployed, damaging a full third of Russia's strategic cruise missile carriers. In fact, Ukraine claims it destroyed 41 Russian bombers, types of which have been used to attack Ukraine.
Wow. What's been the Russian reaction? And does Moscow agree with those figures?
Well, we haven't heard from Russian President Vladimir Putin yet. Russia's defense ministry confirmed the drone strikes on several bases, but played down their impact, saying only several planes had caught fire. Now, we haven't been able to independently verify any of this, but arguably the perception that Ukraine can strike anywhere is as important as the physical damage. For example, one pro-Kremlin military blogger compared Sunday's attack to a Russian Pearl Harbor.
Russian Pearl Harbor. That's some pretty strong language there. OK, so the understanding is that these Ukraine drone attacks were far from the only violence over the weekend. So tell us what else happened.
Yeah, a lot happened. Ukraine said Russia launched more than 470 drones and missiles on targets across Ukraine, the deadliest of which hit a military training base, killing 12 soldiers.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What happened in the recent Ukrainian drone attack?
0:02–0:10
2
What message does the drone strike send before peace talks?
0:10–2:48
3
What are the implications of President Trump's budget plan?
2:48
4
How did the attack on the Israeli hostages awareness event unfold?
0:33–2:09
5
What is the context behind Ukraine's military operations?
2:09–5:54
6
How does the Senate budget plan affect domestic policies?
5:54–6:23
7
What challenges do Senate Republicans face with the budget bill?
6:23–13:52
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