- The White House was not given advance notice of Ukraine's 'large-scale' drone Attack that destroyed a fleet of about 40 Russian military bombers.
- The drone Attack, which targeted five bases deep inside Russian territory, took over a year and a half to plan and was personally supervised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Ukrainian officials launched drones from trucks covertly parked near Russian air bases, some as far away as Siberia.
- The Attack occurred as Zelensky announced he would send a delegation to conduct ceasefire talks with Russia in Istanbul.
- The drone strike happened as seven people were killed and 69 more injured after bridges collapsed in separate incidents across Russia.
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