Ukraine claims drone strikes on Russian bases and bombers: How consequential is this? | DW News

Ukraine secret services say Ukraine has carried out coordinated drone attacks at several military air bases across Russia, including as far away as eastern Siberia. Media reports quoting Ukrainian sources earlier said over 40 Russian aircraft were destroyed in the attack. Russia has confirmed that several military aircraft "caught fire" after a Ukrainian drone attack in the Murmansk and Irkutsk regions. The attacks come ahead of Monday's prospective ceasefire talks in Istanbul.

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0:00 Ukraine says it has launched a large-scale attack on sites in Russia
2:12 DW Correspondent Max Zander on significance of Ukraine's 'Operation Spider's Web'
6:13 Marina Miron, Military analyst at King's College London, on the damage inflicted by these strikes

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Post from DW News on June 01, 2025

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