Ukraine hasn't yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, which resulted in two long-range Tupolev Tu-95 bombers being damaged.
Russia's state-run news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti both said an explosion rocked an airfield near the city of Ryazan, southeast of Moscow on Monday, while a large blast was reported at another Russian military air base in the Saratov region, located some 600 kilometers east of Ukraine.
Russian Tupolev Tu-95 turboprop-powered strategic bombers fly above the Kremlin during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 4, 2018. Explosions have been reported at two Russian air bases, according to local news outlets."Two TU-95 planes supposedly damaged after a reported drone attack on an air base in Russian Engels, Saratov region," Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs tweeted.
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