# Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** ukraine-invasion, breaking-news\ **Created:** [October 29, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972 "2022-10-29T17:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 940
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972/940 "2022-12-05T17:33:38Z")
BBC is reporting major explosions at two Russian air bases, “hundreds of kilometres” from the Ukraine border. One of them apparently has big strategic bombers, capable of firing cruise missiles. Ukraine has not commented officially, but there’s been a tweet: > [@](#): > > However, presidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak appeared to [refer to the reported incidents in a tweet](https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1599696436257357824), writing: “If something is launched into [an]other countries’ airspace, sooner or later unknown flying objects will return to departure point.” Sounds similar to the “Maybe god needs a helicopter” quote some months ago. > **[Ukraine war: Russian military airfields hit by explosions](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63857451)** > > Three people are killed by explosions at the airfields, which Russia blames on Ukrainian drones. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972)._