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Ukraine’s operation Cobweb against Russian bombers - New video

A new video detailing the chronology of Operation Cobweb’s attacks on four separate military bases across Russia was posted by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) on Telegram on June 11.

11 June 2025, 11:14 AM

Satellites reveal 14 Russian airfields building shelters to shield jets from drone attacks — photos

Russia is racing to protect its military aircraft from Ukrainian drone strikes by rapidly constructing hardened shelters at airbases across occupied Crimea and the Russian mainland, according to OSINT analyst Def Mon, who shared satellite imagery on the social media platform X.

8 June 2025, 05:23 PM

‘Revenge’ for Cobweb: U.S. officials warn of possible large-scale Russian strike on Ukraine

Russia may launch a broader strike in response to Ukraine’s Cobweb drone attacks, with U.S. officials warning a multifaceted assault targeting Ukraine’s SBU Security Service infrastructure could be imminent, Reuters reported on June 8, citing sources.

8 June 2025, 11:11 AM

Trump: Strikes on Russian airfields gave Putin excuse to bomb Ukraine

Ukraine “created the pretext” for a massive Russian assault by launching drone strikes on airfields inside Russia, U.S. President Donald Trump said on June 6.

7 June 2025, 02:55 PM

Cobweb op: Russian truck drivers didn’t know they were carrying attack drones — Zelenskyy

Russian truck drivers who transported modular cabins during Ukraine’s Cobweb special operation were unaware that FPV drones had been concealed on the rooftops, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, ABC News reported on June 7.

7 June 2025, 10:43 AM

Ukrainian intelligence preparing new cross-border strikes like Cobweb — sources

Ukraine’s intelligence services are preparing new covert operations inside Russia similar to the recent Cobweb attack that damaged dozens of strategic bombers, The Washington Post reported on June 6, citing sources within Ukrainian intelligence.

6 June 2025, 06:44 PM

Kremlin cynically claims June 6 strike on Ukraine was response to damaged bombers

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed Russia’s overnight missile and drone strike on Ukraine was a “response” to Ukraine’s Cobweb special operation, which damaged 41 Russian strategic aircraft at rear airbases, according to a report by Russian state news agency TASS on June 6.

6 June 2025, 06:07 PM

Kremlin responds to Trump comparing Russia’s war to ‘kids fighting in a park’

The Kremlin has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s remark likening Russia’s war against Ukraine to “two kids fighting in a park,” calling the invasion an “existential issue,” Interfax Russia reported on June 6.

6 June 2025, 04:51 PM

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry responds to Kremlin’s complaints about strikes on Russia

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has responded to complaints by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin over Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory as part of Ukraine’s Operation Cobweb, according to a statement by the ministry’s press service on June 5.

5 June 2025, 04:29 PM

Ukrainian Navy: Russia mostly silent in Black Sea after latest Crimean Bridge blast

Only one Russian missile carrier submarine remained in the Black Sea as of the morning of June 5, down from two the previous day, according to Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk in a statement aired on national television.

5 June 2025, 10:18 AM

Russian propagandists accuse NATO of masterminding Ukraine’s Cobweb drone strike

Russian propagandists are attempting to convince the population of the aggressor state that NATO was behind Ukraine’s Operation Cobweb, which reportedly damaged 41 strategic bombers at Russian airbases, the head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD), Andriy Kovalenko, said on June 3.

3 June 2025, 10:25 AM

White House reacts to Ukraine’s bold ‘Cobweb’ operation

This war needs to come to an end, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on June 3, commenting for the first time on Ukraine’s June 1 Cobweb operation against dozens of nuclear-capable strategic bombers across Russia.

3 June 2025, 10:02 AM

Kremlin mum as Ukrainian drones reduce Russian strategic bombers to smoking wrecks

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has remained silent for more than 24 hours following a large-scale drone operation by Ukraine’s SBU Security Service targeting Russian airbases, The Moscow Times reported on June 2.

2 June 2025, 03:24 PM

'Cobweb' operation wipes out third of Russia’s nuclear bombers

Forty-one nuclear-capable strategic Tu-95, Tu-22M3, and Tu-160 bombers, as well as A-50 "Mainstay" airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft stationed at four separate military bases across Russia were destroyed or damaged in the June 2 special operation “Cobweb,” Ukraine’s Security Service’s (SBU) head Vasyl Malyuk reported on Telegram the following day.

2 June 2025, 02:03 PM

Ukraine’s Cobweb op shakes Putin’s war plans and tests Trump’s political silence

Operation Cobweb, in which Ukrainian drones struck airfields on Russian territory, has put both Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in a difficult position, according to The Telegraph, which published an analysis of the unprecedented June 1 drone attack on Russian airbases that damaged Russia’s strategic aviation fleet.

2 June 2025, 12:40 PM

New video shows Russian bomber ablaze in Siberia

A new video of a burning aircraft reportedly filmed shortly after the June 1 drone attack on the Belaya military airfield in Russia’s Irkutsk Oblast was posted by the Supernova+ Telegram channel the following day.

2 June 2025, 12:02 PM

How Ukraine’s Operation Cobweb stunned Russian propagandists and war bloggers — ISW

Despite threats from Russian propagandists to retaliate with nuclear weapons over Ukraine’s Operation Cobweb, a nuclear response is unlikely, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War said in a June 1 report.

2 June 2025, 10:27 AM

US officials unaware of Ukraine’s drone blitz on Russian bombers

The White House was not informed in advance about the Ukrainian Cobweb operation, targeting military airfields in Russia, CNN and CBS News wrote, citing sources, on June 2.

2 June 2025, 09:50 AM

Ukraine’s audacious ‘Cobweb’ drone blitz cripples Putin’s nuclear bomber fleet

About 34% of Russia’s nuclear-capable strategic bombers stationed at four separate military bases across the country were targeted in an unprecedented operation “Cobweb” carried out by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) on June 1.

2 June 2025, 09:12 AM

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