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Reuters, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
The Belaya air base, which is close to the Mongolia border, was successfully hit.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 2 June 2025
The source also released dramatic video purportedly showing a drone attack at the Belaya air base in Russia’s Irkutsk region, located in Siberia, nearly 3,000 miles from Ukraine.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 1 June 2025
The drones hit airfields including the Belaya air base in Russia’s Irkutsk region, more than 2,500 miles from Ukraine.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
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Reuters — Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a drone attack on a military air base and other facilities in the vicinity of Port Sudan Airport, a Sudanese army spokesperson said on Sunday, in the first RSF attack to reach the eastern port city.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
The Belaya air base, which is close to the Mongolia border, was successfully hit.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 2 June 2025
The source also released dramatic video purportedly showing a drone attack at the Belaya air base in Russia’s Irkutsk region, located in Siberia, nearly 3,000 miles from Ukraine.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 1 June 2025
The drones hit airfields including the Belaya air base in Russia’s Irkutsk region, more than 2,500 miles from Ukraine.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20base. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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