US EditionUkraine Strikes Russian Air Bases, Destroying Over 40 Aircraft; Russia Responds with Record Drone and Missile Attack
- On June 1, 2025, Ukraine launched Operation Spider's Web, a surprise drone strike targeting multiple Russian air bases including Belaya in Irkutsk Oblast.
- The operation took 18 months to plan and involved smuggling 117 attack drones into Russia via trucks carrying wooden crates to locations thousands of kilometers apart.
- Ukrainian drones targeted and destroyed roughly one-third of Russia’s long-range cruise missile bomber fleet by hitting their fuel tanks while the aircraft were vulnerable and stationed on runways far from active combat zones.
- Ukrainian President Zelensky called the operation an "absolutely brilliant outcome," claiming it caused over $2 billion in damage by destroying 41 aircraft including rare Tu-95 and Tu-22M3 bombers.
- The attacks significantly degrade Russia's nuclear strike capacity, cause embarrassment to Russian military leadership, and are expected to influence upcoming ceasefire talks in Istanbul.
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The Ukrainian drone mission costs Russia dozens of military aircraft. Moscow's bloggers are indignant and plead for a nuclear strike.
7 Hard Questions That Everyone Should Be Asking About The "Pearl Harbor" Attack On Russia
In a world where deception is running rampant, it is so important to question the narratives that we are being fed. Ukraine’s “Pearl Harbor” attack on Russia was extremely impressive, and it appears that quite a bit of damage was done. But we are also extremely fortunate that this attack did not spark a nuclear war. If our nuclear bombers at Minot Air Force Base, Barksdale Air Force Base, and Whiteman Air Force Base were hit in a surprise att…
Ex-Putin Aide: Ukrainian Drone Strike Merits Nuclear Response
As the world awaits Russia's response to Sunday's Ukrainian drone strike on its strategic bombers, a former aide to President Vladimir Putin contended that the attack calls for a nuclear response.
Russian propagandists split between downplaying devastating Ukrainian attacks and issuing threats
Russian officials and propagandists have chosen different strategies for dealing with the unprecedented Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian airfields that took place on June 1.The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said that, as part of an operation dubbed Spiderweb, it had destroyed or damaged 41 Russian aircraft parked at the Belaya, Dyagilevo, Olenya, and Ivanovo air bases on June 1.The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the number…
Will Russia’s Retaliation To Ukraine’s Strategic Drone Strikes Decisively End The Conflict?
by Andrew Korybko, Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter: Ukraine carried out strategic drone strikes on Sunday against several bases all across Russia that are known to house elements of its nuclear triad. This came a day before the second round of the newly resumed Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul and less than a week after Trump warned Putin that “bad things..REALLY BAD” […]
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