Russia bombarded Ukraine’s second-largest city with massive strikes in the early hours of Saturday, its mayor said, one night after Moscow carried out one of the war’s largest aerial assaults on Ukraine.

Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb Ukraine strikes Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike' ahead of drone, missile attack, General Staff says Ukrainian drone attack destroys helicopter at Russian airfield in Bryansk,

Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted Engels and Dyagilevo airfields — two key hubs for Russia's long-range bomber fleet, as well as logistics sites in Russia's Kursk Oblast.