UKRAINE STRIKES RUSSIAN BOMBER FLEET

Written by Michael Thervil

Ukrainian drone footage striking Russian bomber | VEDA Communications LLC.

[Ukraine Strikes Russian Bomber Fleet] On the heels of what some are calling a failed assassination attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin last week due to a swarm of 117 drones that were piloted by the SBU Ukrainian secret service. This resulted in a harsh military response from Russia which made headlines last week. In retaliation, on June 1st, it appears that Ukraine has managed to conduct yet another strike deeper into Russia. This attack, named “Operation Pavutyna” “Spider’s Web” [translation] also comes at a time when President Putin expressed his openness to “ceasefire talks” with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. However, with Ukraine’s latest attack on a Russian nuclear bomber fleet in Siberia as well as other parts of the Belaya air base located in the Irkutsk region. It is speculated by geopolitical analysts that any ceasefire talks between Ukraine and Russia will be thrown out the window with the expectation that Russia will launch a counter-offensive in the coming days ahead.

Other Russian military bases that were struck by Ukraine were the Ukrainka (Obukhiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine), Ivanovo (northeast of Moscow), Dyagilevo (Ryazan Oblast, Russia), and Olenya (Kola Peninsula – Murmansk Region), for a total of 6 Russian military bases. All of these military bases lie deep within Russia as well as the Russian city of Severomorsk where Russia's naval base is located. Ukraine was able to cover a rough estimate of 4,000km (2,485miles) to conduct these attacks on Russian soil. This latest attack by Ukraine was developed utilizing artificial intelligence algorithms combined with observing the specs of Tu-95m, Tu-160, and Tu-22M3 soviet era bombers from the Poltava Museum of Long-Range and Strategic Aviation, located in Poltava Ukraine.

It was also reported that at least 12 Russian soldiers were killed with another 60 wounded. This latest attack by Ukraine is a significant damaging blow to Russia and its military. Damaging blow or not, it is speculated that the world will never see President Putin “sweat”. Instead, it is speculated that Russia will launch a counter strike that will dwarf all other previous strikes on Ukraine – even as it has lost a significant part of its bombers. But before that, Russia will conduct a quick and brief investigation into how Ukraine obtains the ability to pilot drones deep into Russia and who may have provided the technology and hardware to do so. There are some reports that have surfaced that point to Ukraine having placed drones in the shed of trucks and driven near Russian air bases.

While Ukrainian officials boast about bombing 41 Russian bombers or a third of Russian bombers, Russia has only declared that only 6 bombers were destroyed during the attack. It was estimated by the Ukrainian SBU that their attack cost the Russian military roughly $7 billion. Whether it was 41 or 6 bombers that were damaged or destroyed during Ukraine’s attack, there are several things that are known. The first is that Russia will respond. Secondly, Russia will respond with and with a counter-offensive that will be twice the force of Ukraine's recent attack. Thirdly, any ceasefire deal that would have been proposed to Russia will no longer be considered. Lastly, if discovered during their investigation that another country played even the slightest role in this recent attack, they will find themselves in the crosshairs of Russian sights.

This is the first attack in Siberia since Ukraine’s provocation in 2022.