Amid the ongoing aftermath of Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb – the meticulously planned drone strike targeting multiple Russian airbases – the Russian propaganda machine is in chaos. The operation reportedly damaged or destroyed 41 aircraft, including strategic bombers such as the Tu-95 and Tu-22M3, and rare A-50 early warning plane.
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Only twenty-four hours after Ukraine’s stunning operation that destroyed 34% of Russia’s irreplaceable strategic bomber aircraft, the Kremlin emerged with a list of demands so extravagant, so impervious to military reality, that the true purpose of Moscow’s “peace proposal” could no longer be obscured: these negotiations are a performance—carefully staged to delay sanctions from Donald Trump, not to secure any credible end to the war.
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In his never-ending quest to prove that Russia can do everything the West can do—except democracy, indoor toilets, and basic morality—Vladimir Putin has unveiled his latest masterpiece of innovation: a PlayStation-style console cooked up by Russian tech wizards and forged in the fires of patriotic glory. Except it wasn’t.
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Ukrainian intelligence has confirmed that China is supplying key materials and equipment to at least 20 Russian military production facilities, directly enabling Moscow’s ongoing war against Ukraine. The revelation, made by the chief of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Oleh Ivashchenko, underscores growing concerns about Beijing’s role in circumventing Western sanctions and sustaining Russia’s war machine.
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Russian investigators have made public what they’ve managed to put together about yesterday’s historic Ukrainian drone operation that destroyed 41 Russian aircraft. Operation Spider’s Web was a breakthrough in Ukraine’s campaign of deep strikes—an operation that combined sabotage logistics, deception, and local infiltration to stunning effect.
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Russian forces carried out one of the most intense air assaults in recent months, striking Ukrainian cities and villages across at least seven regions with missiles, guided bombs, artillery, and drones. The coordinated attacks killed at least nine civilians, including children, and injured dozens more. The worst-hit region was Zaporizhzhia region, where five people were killed, according to regional authorities.
In what is now clearly a landmark special operation, more than 40 Russian military aircraft were damaged or destroyed in coordinated strikes on airbases across Russia today, in an assault that appears to have redefined the range and sophistication of Ukraine’s long-range capabilities. The operation, codenamed “Web” by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), struck four confirmed military airfields—Belaya, Diaghilevo, Olenya, and Ivanovo.
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Today, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) executed one of the most extraordinary special operations in military history. Codenamed “Pavutyna” (Web), the strike targeted five Russian military airfields located deep in the enemy’s rear — thousands of kilometers from the Ukrainian frontlines. Using truck-launched long-range drones, the operation marked a turning point in drone warfare and signaled a blunt message: nowhere in Russia is safe.
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