US EditionUkraine Strikes Russian Air Bases, Destroying Over 40 Aircraft; Russia Responds with Record Drone and Missile Attack
- Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on June 1, 2025, targeting five Russian airbases deep inside Russia, including the Irkutsk and Amur oblasts.
- The attack, code-named Operation Spiderweb and involving 117 drones concealed in wooden sheds on trucks, was planned and prepared over 18 months to strike key strategic assets.
- The drones destroyed more than 40 Russian combat aircraft, including 34% of Russia's long-range Tu-95 bombers and A-50 surveillance jets, parked defenseless on runways thousands of kilometers from the front line.
- President Zelenskyy called the attack a "brilliant operation" that significantly degraded Russia’s bomber fleet valued over $2 billion, while Russian officials confirmed damage but disputed the full scale of losses.
- The strike highlighted vulnerabilities in Russia's air defenses and the evolving use of mobile drone launches, but experts agree it will not decisively alter Russia’s nuclear capabilities or overall war aims.
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Inside Ukraine’s remarkable drone attack
You can generally tell when Vladimir Putin appears rattled by an adverse event in his war on Ukraine. He (or one of his proxies) ramps up the bloodcurdling rhetoric. And so it is with Ukraine’s “Spiderweb” drone attack on four airbases inside Russia, which reportedly destroyed or damaged as many as 40 warplanes, a good chunk of Russia’s fleet of strategic nuclear-capable bombers. These aircraft have been used during the war to deliver cruise mis…
Attack on Russian nuclear bombers captured in new Ukraine drone footage
Ukraine's major drone strike on four Russian military airbases was captured in new footage released on Wednesday (4 June). Video released by Ukraine's security service showed multiple large aircraft, some of which appeared to be Tu-95 strategic bombers, alight after the strikes. Ukraine said its forces hit 41 military aircraft using 117 drones in Sunday's (1 June) attack on Russian airfields. Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had a "good convers…
On Wednesday, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) released new images of the drone attack carried out last Sunday against Russian air bases, according to official Ukrainian sources.The Ukrainian General Staff stated that 41 Russian aircraft were destroyed during the operation, executed in the Russian rear.The attack would have been directed by the SBU and is considered one of the most forceful against Russian aircraft since the beginning of the…
Ukraine’s Security Service releases new drone footage of attacks on Russian air bases
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has released new footage of its recent “Spiderweb” operation, which used drones to strike Russian bases housing strategic and long-range aircraft. The videos were recorded by the drones themselves. According to the SBU, the footage shows drone strikes on the Belaya air base in the Irkutsk region, Olenya in the Murmansk region, Ivanovo Severny in the Ivanovo region, and Dyagilevo in the Ryazan region. Until now, n…
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