The Kremlin announced on Tuesday that Russia has initiated an official investigation into Ukrainian drone attacks on its military airfields over the weekend, as well as a probe into two explosions that impacted its rail network.
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for using drones to attack the air bases, some located thousands of miles from its territory in Siberia. The attacks reportedly struck dozens of Russian warplanes on Sunday, including long-range nuclear-capable bombers.
The Russian military acknowledged that “several” of its planes caught fire at two air bases due to the attacks and that drone attacks on three other airfields were repelled.
In a separate incident on Sunday, at least seven people were killed and 69 injured when a highway bridge in Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, was destroyed as a passenger train carrying 388 people to Moscow passed over it. No one has claimed responsibility for the incident. A rail bridge in the Kursk region also collapsed.
When questioned on Tuesday about Russia’s response to the drone attacks and the railway incidents, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that President Vladimir Putin had been briefed on the events and that an official investigation was in progress.
“I suggest waiting for the results of the investigation,” Peskov said.
