drones launched a strike on Bryansk International Airport overnight, destroying a Mi-8 helicopter and damaging a Mi-35, according to independment media outlet Astra. The attack hit the facility in the village of Oktyabrskoye, with videos from the scene capturing multiple secondary explosions.

Sources in Ukraine s special services confirmed the operation to Astra, describing it as a targeted UAV strike. Mi-8 cost as much as £12 million, according to publicly available listings on military surplus and aircraft sales websites. Russian emergency officials told the outlet the aircraft's combat kit detonated, causing significant fire damage. The Mi-35 was also partially hit, sustaining visible structural damage. Meanwhile has pounded with ballistic missiles and drones, with at least four killed in Kyiv, as Vladimir Putin made good on his vow to .

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