section_path: Strikes/Olenya
section_name: Olenya
paragraph_text: Olenya
  
  In May 2025 media reported about the mass deployment of strategic aviation aircraft to the Olenya air base, south of Murmansk and according to the OSINT project AviVector, as of May 26, two Tu-95MSs, three Tu-160s, and two Su-34s were based at the airbase.
  
  The attack on Olenya was carried out with the drones launching from a truck at a gas station. There were at least 10 explosions. The authorities forbade the public from entering or leaving Olenegorsk. Residents of Olenegorsk reported explosions and fire with a video of the aftermath being later published. Russian media reported the attack at Olenya but said that air defences were working.
  
  According to OSINT analyses by Jane's Intelligence and others, four Tu-95 bombers and one An-12 transport plane were destroyed at Olenya.