Overview
- Ukraine’s SBU claimed responsibility for ‘Operation Spider Web,’ saying more than 40 Tu-95 and Tu-22 bombers were hit across bases in Irkutsk, Murmansk and other deep-Russia sites.
- Verified satellite imagery and social media videos show drones striking Belaya, Olenja and additional airfields, igniting fires on long-range nuclear-capable aircraft.
- Russia’s Investigation Committee has classified two bridge collapses in the Kursk and Brjansk regions as terrorist attacks after train derailments killed at least seven people and injured dozens.
- Russian forces continue their offensive in the northeastern Sumy region, prompting mandatory evacuations in 11 towns due to ongoing shelling of civilian areas.
- Ukraine and Russia will hold direct ceasefire talks in Istanbul on Monday, with Ukraine’s delegation led by Defense Minister Rustem Umjerow.