Airstrikes on Russian air bases kill three near Ukraine border | USA TODAY

At least three Russian service members are dead, and six injured, in airstrikes at western Russian air bases.

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Fire erupted at a Russian airport along the Ukraine border Tuesday after an apparent drone strike while a similar assault narrowly missed a depot 50 miles from the border as defiant Ukraine appeared intent on bringing the war to Russia.

The strikes came one day after Russian authorities said a truck exploded at one Russian airfield, killing at least three people, and a drone damaged bombers at another airfield. The bases, in Russia's Saratov and Ryazan regions, are about 300 miles from the Ukraine border.

Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, but Ukraine presidential adviser Mikhail Podolyak taunted the Kremlin on Twitter. "The Earth is round – discovery made by Galileo. Astronomy was not studied in Kremlin, giving preference to court astrologers," Podolyak tweeted. "If something is launched into other countries’ airspace, sooner or later unknown flying objects will return to departure point."

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  1. Three planes were lightly damaged and three military personnel killed (there are already satellite images that show that damage was indeed pretty light) . Ukraine used Soviet made jet drones laced with explosives. Previously Ukrainians accidentally even launched this jet drone into Croatia (it flue across several countries’ airspace). Russian anti-aircraft missiles hit them but these things have big inertia so they fell near the airfield. Russians should learn their lesson and increase protection of their airfields .

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