Jun 1, 2025CORE

Ukraine's Operation Spider's Web strikes Russian strategic bomber bases

Ukraine's security service used drones smuggled deep inside Russia to attack multiple strategic bomber bases, demonstrating a new level of Ukrainian asymmetric long-range strike capability.

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To attack Russian air bases, Ukrainian spies hid drones in wooden sheds
ReutersENJun 1, 2025News article

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Damage in central Kyiv, Ukraine, following Russian strikes on October 10, 2022. Photograph by the National Police of Ukraine.

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Russia-Ukraine War

Tracking the major turning points of the war since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, from the failed initial Kyiv offensive and Ukrainian counteroffensives to Russia's regained battlefield initiative, the Kursk operation, North Korean troop deployment and peace negotiations.

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