Overview

• Ukraine’s Security Service deployed 117 drones on June 1 to strike multiple Russian airfields in Operation Spider’s Web, with U.S. assessments reporting damage to up to 20 strategic bombers and destruction of around 10 aircraft.
• President Trump said Putin “very strongly” vowed to retaliate during their 75-minute June 4 phone call, which also touched on Iran’s nuclear program.
• In the early hours of June 5, six Shahed-type drones struck residential areas in Pryluky and Kharkiv, killing at least six civilians—including a one-year-old—and wounding dozens more.
• Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov affirmed that Moscow will determine the timing and manner of its counterstrikes at the military’s discretion.
• NATO and U.S. officials have expressed deep concern over the escalation, warning that further bombardments could exacerbate civilian suffering and regional instability.