Franz-Stefan Gady,
An image from a video released by a source in the Ukrainian Security Service shows a Ukrainian drone striking a Russian aircraft deep in Russian territory on June 1.An image from a video released by a source in the Ukrainian Security Service shows a Ukrainian drone striking a Russian aircraft deep in Russian territory on June 1. Ukrainian Security Service via AP
June 4, 2025, 1:35 PM
During the night of June 1, Ukraine launched an audacious, long-planned drone operation deep in Russian territory, targeting Moscow’s strategic bomber fleet at multiple bases. Ukraine said the mission—codenamed “Spiderweb”—hit 41 bombers, with at least 13 fully destroyed. Reports suggest that Tu-95 and Tu-22M bombers were hit.
Notably, Ukraine apparently chose not to target Russia’s most modern, nuclear-capable Tu-160 bombers, focusing instead on the Tu-95 and Tu-22M, which have been used extensively in conventional cruise missile attacks on Ukrainian cities.
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