Ukraine conducts ‘large-scale’ operation targeting Russian airbases, security source says

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/01/europe/ukraine-drones-russia-airbases-intl

Posted by asphias

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  2. Submission Statement:

    This appears to be a pretty major development. reports are that over fourty aircraft have been damaged or destroyed by drones launched from trucks. The airfields hit are several timezones away from the frontline, which shows that with current drone technology no place is “safe” anymore.

    I imagine this will be a wake-up call for a lot of militaries around the world, who will have to think of new ways to protect their strategic assets.

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    At the same time, this strike comes at a crucial time before tomorrows peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. While it is clear that Russia is so far in no way serious about those talks, a strike such as this one might be the type of game-changer that brings Putin back to the table. I’m not holding out hope, but the loss of a significant part of their strategic bombers would surely rattle any military.

  4. And still we have drone incursions at us bases with no explanation. Maybe they will take them them seriously

  6. If confirmed, this is an incredible operation by Ukraine and an incredible security and intelligence failure by Russia, reminiscent of the Israeli pager attack in Lebanon.

    Reportedly, they snuck the drones into Russia on trucks, drove them to locations near air bases across the country, and released them at the same time. This is surely a very hard threat to defend against without intelligence cracking it.

    If indeed they destroyed 40 strategic bombers, from the estimates in seeing that would be the majority of Russia’s bomber fleet (estimated at 60-70 before this) and billions in replacement cost. The question now is, how will Russia retaliate?

  7. The temper tantrum from Russia is going to be huge. I hope there won’t be a massive retaliation.

  8. The video of the drones flying out of the truck with traffic just driving by is pretty crazy. Going to have to start searching those trucks a little harder I guess.

  9. Russia is definitely pissed off after this, and any form of ceasefire will now be highly unlikely.

    Those bombers will take a long time to be replaced/repaired, and it will be a big impact on the nuclear strategy of Russia. But this will have little impact on the current battlefield. Russia will intensify their attacks soon and be unhinged in their ROE.

    Big win for Ukraine.

    Big loss for Ukraine.

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