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Ukraine Strikes Russian Air Bases, Destroying Over 40 Aircraft; Russia Responds with Record Drone and Missile Attack

The operation underscores growing aerial combat intensity ahead of Monday’s Istanbul peace talks.

Smoke rises above the area following what local authorities called a drone attack on a military unit in the Sredny settlement, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Usolsky district of the Irkutsk region, Russia, in this still image from a video published June 1, 2025.
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Emergency service members work at the site where Russian drones damaged several private houses, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 1, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Overview

  • Ukraine’s Security Service said its operation, code-named Spiderweb, involved smuggling first-person-view drones into Russia over 18 months under President Zelenskyy’s direct supervision.
  • The strikes hit airfields in Irkutsk, Murmansk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur, destroying 41 strategic bombers and surveillance planes and causing an estimated $7 billion in damage.
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed damage and fires at five bases while reporting that FPV drones were repelled in the Amur, Ivanovo and Ryazan regions.
  • On Sunday, Russia launched 472 attack drones and seven missiles at Ukraine—the largest drone barrage since February 2022—according to Ukraine’s air force.
  • A Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian training unit killed at least 12 soldiers and wounded more than 60, prompting the resignation of army commander Mykhailo Drapatyi.