US EditionUkraine Strikes Russian Air Bases, Destroying Over 40 Aircraft; Russia Responds with Record Drone and Missile Attack
- Ukraine launched a coordinated drone attack named Operation Spiderweb in 2025, destroying over 40 Russian aircraft across multiple air bases inside Russia.
- The operation unfolded over more than a year and involved extensive planning, with FPV drones concealed in wooden mobile homes and transported up to 2,800 miles inside Russia.
- The operation targeted crucial long-range bombers and A-50 surveillance aircraft, successfully disabling more than one-third of Russia's strategic bomber fleet and representing a significant milestone in the use of drone technology in combat.
- President Zelenskyy called the covert operation 'brilliant,' while experts noted the bombers' high value and the drones' low cost, with the attack raising concerns about the vulnerability of Russia's nuclear-capable air fleet.
- Although the strike puts pressure on Russia's strategic forces, analysts agree it will not significantly alter Moscow's military aims or reduce its nuclear deterrent, but it helps lessen threats to NATO and allies.
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The Future of War Is Happening Right Now in Ukraine
If what the Ukrainian security service has told the public is even half true, their long-range strikes against the Russian air force on June 1 were an operational success on a grand scale. The Ukrainians say that they damaged or destroyed roughly a third of Russia’s strategic cruise-missile carriers, striking targets at bases from the Arctic Circle in Murmansk all the way to the far end of the Eurasian steppe along the Mongolian border in Irkuts…
[Vienna - Kaneko Natsuki] Russia is in a state of panic following the large-scale drone attack carried out by the Ukrainian military on air force bases in Siberia and elsewhere on the 1st. According to publicly available information on the Internet, over 10 strategic bombers were destroyed. It will be difficult to procure replacement bombers, and this is likely to have an impact on missile attacks on Ukraine. Russia has reportedly suffered losse…
Russian strategic aviation aircraft have fired about 3,000 flat-track missiles since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat, air defenses shot down about two-thirds of them, the website of the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported. Ihnat also confirmed information from the Ukrainian SBU that the Russians lost four dozen aircraft during the weekend drone strike on air bases.
Satellite Pics Show How Russia Tried To Avert Ukraine Drone Strikes, But Failed
Hi-resolution satellite imagery of air bases deep inside Russia, taken before Ukraine carried out what's been described as the most audacious drone attack in military history, shows several Russian Air Force jets parked on the tarmac.
Satellite images show the devastation at Russian airfields after Ukraine's special drone operation. The Ukrainian security service has said around 40 aircraft have been hit, but the exact number has not been confirmed.
Satellite images from the Russian Air Base shortly after Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russia's territory on weekend, showing more destroyed or serious strategic bombings, three analysts said that...
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