Overview

• On June 1, Ukrainian security services launched Operation Ragnatela, deploying FPV drones to strike four Russian airbases and destroy or damage more than 40 aircraft.
• In the early hours of June 3, Kyiv’s intelligence service detonated 1,100 kg of explosives under the Kerch Bridge, inflicting serious damage on its underwater supports and halting traffic for several hours.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed a reciprocal exchange of 500 prisoners of war each for this weekend, marking the only accord reached at the Istanbul peace talks.
• The Kremlin dismissed a proposed summit with Zelensky and former US President Trump, branding Ukraine’s leadership as terrorists and rejecting Moscow’s memorandum as an ultimatum.
• Russian officials have accused Western countries of supplying intelligence and weapons for Kyiv’s deep-strike operations and are reportedly preparing to launch up to 500 long-range drones nightly in retaliation.