Overview

• Ukraine’s Security Service executed Operation Spider’s Web using 117 first-person-view drones smuggled near four Russian air bases
• Ukrainian officials reported the strike damaged or destroyed 41 strategic bombers, inflicting an estimated $7 billion in equipment losses
• Negotiators in Istanbul ended the latest round of peace talks after less than two hours without agreeing to a ceasefire or broader settlement
• Russia pressed for Kyiv’s formal recognition of its annexation of Crimea and four southeastern regions, terms Ukraine dismissed as unacceptable
• Russia’s retaliatory drone assault killed at least 12 Ukrainian servicemen and wounded dozens, underscoring the conflict’s mounting human toll