Ukraine has held on Sunday one of its biggest attacks against Russia since the beginning of the war on February 24, 2022. Aircraft were hidden inside the ceilings of wooden houses transported in civil trucks
On the 1,193rd day since the beginning of the Russian invasion, Ukraine has carried out one of its biggest attacks so far. The operation is being named “Pavutyna” and wides up a total of 41 Russian strategic bombers, capable of transporting nuclear warheads.
To the newspaper, the Ukraine Security Service (SBU) – Ukrainian secrets – explain that they launched drone swarms against four Russian air bases this Sunday and confirms the destruction of the 41 bombers, represents it close to 30% of the Russian arsenal of this type of aircraft.
“Russian military aircraft are currently burning in the air bases of Belaya, Diaghilev, Olenya and Ivanovo,” a SBU member told the SBU, on anonymous condition.
⚡️ ‘Enemy bombers are burning en masse’ — Ukraine’s SBU drones hit ‘more than 40’ Russian aircraft.
“Currently, more than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3,” a source told the Kyiv Independent.
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The same source explains that the secret plan was “personally organized” by Vasyl Malyuk, SBU’s top chief.
The Ukraine secrets have been widely months ago – about 18 advances the Ukrainian impense – preparing the operation that consisted of sending FPV drones to Russian territory within civil trucks carrying wood accomplishments.
Unmanned aircraft were hidden under the ceilings of wooden houses. This Sunday and without anything to predict him, “the ceilings were remotely opened from his interior came the drone swarms that attacked the Russian bombers,” explains the SBU source.
🇺🇦 On June 1, 2025, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) carried out one of the most ambitious operations in modern warfare — Operation “Pavutyna”, which resulted in 41 Russian strategic aircraft being damaged or destroyed.
According to Ukrinform and Radio Svoboda sources, the…
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“Thanks to Malyuk … Russia today understood the true meaning of the word demilitarization,” says the SBU official.
SBU shared a set of drones images during the operation, where you can see the Kremlin bombers on fire in the military bases. The truth of the images has not yet been confirmed independently.
Ukrainian secret services ensure that all people involved in the complex logistics operation of the Web Plan were already safely in Ukraine at the time of the attacks.
Today’s operation by Ukraine’s Security Service has just inflicted the largest single-day losses in Russian strategic aviation history.
At least 40 bombers were destroyed deep inside Russia. Operation “Pavutyna” (Spiderweb) is ongoing.
The SBU is targeting the aircraft used to…
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Zelesky’s presidential counselor reacted to the operation in the X, publishing only an emoji of a spider web.
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– Andriy Yermak (@andriyyyermak)
Russian reaction
The Russian Ministry of Defense has confirmed that it was the target of a “terrorist attack” against the air bases of Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur, the Russian state agency Interfax advances.
Kremlim also ensures that all attacks have been locked, which there are some participants in Operation detained, but confirms that there are several flames aircraft.
Russian state agency Tass is reporting that the driver of one of the trucks was arrested by the authorities and is being asked about the attack.
The Russian report details that “the exact number of UAV [drone] It has not yet been confirmed, ”but there is no threat in the Russian skies.
Operation 🕸️ (Spider Web) occurs a day before the next round of peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul.
