{"id":7246,"date":"2025-06-07T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T00:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/ukraine-war-latest-russia-hits-ukraine-with-large-scale-attack-days-after-operation-spiderweb-ukraine-targets-russian-air-bases-in-preemptive-strike\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T00:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T00:01:36","slug":"ukraine-war-latest-russia-hits-ukraine-with-large-scale-attack-days-after-operation-spiderweb-ukraine-targets-russian-air-bases-in-preemptive-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/ukraine-war-latest-russia-hits-ukraine-with-large-scale-attack-days-after-operation-spiderweb-ukraine-targets-russian-air-bases-in-preemptive-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in &#8216;preemptive strike&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/engels-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike'\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key developments on June 6: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb<\/li>\n<li>Ukraine strikes Russian air bases in &#8216;preemptive strike&#8217; ahead of drone, missile attack, General Staff says<\/li>\n<li>Ukrainian drone attack destroys helicopter at Russian airfield in Bryansk, media says<\/li>\n<li>Russia plans to occupy Ukraine east of Dnipro, cut Black Sea access, Ukrainian official says<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Russia launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/fires-reported-following-russias-drone-attack-on-kyiv\/\">mass missile and drone attack<\/a> against Ukraine overnight on June 6, targeting the capital, major cities, and the country&#8217;s far-western regions.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 80 people were injured and four people killed, including first responders, President Volodymyr Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/V_Zelenskiy_official\/14532\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A cynical Russian strike on ordinary cities. More than 400 drones, more than 40 missiles. &#8230; We need to put pressure on Russia to (accept a ceasefire) and to stop the strikes,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack comes a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/putin-will-have-to-respond-to-ukraines-attack-on-russian-bombers-trump-says-after-call-with-kremlin-chief\/\">retaliate against Ukraine<\/a> for its drone strike against <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/operation-spiderweb-everything-we-know-about-ukraines-audacious-attack-on-russias-heavy-bombers\/\">Russian air bases<\/a> in a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s Air Force reported that Russia launched 452 <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/drones\/\">drones<\/a> overnight, including Iranian-designed Shahed-type suicide drones, along with 45 missiles of various types.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/06\/Ternopil1-1.webp\"><source type=\"image\/jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Ternopil1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Ternopil1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike'\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1001\" height=\"667\"><\/picture><figcaption>Firefighters extinguish a blaze in the aftermath of a Russian aerial assault against the city of Ternopil in western Ukraine on June 6, 2025. (Ukraine&#8217;s State Emergency Service)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Air defenses intercepted 199 <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/drones\/\" rel=\"dofollow\">drones<\/a>, while another 169 dropped off radars \u2014 likely used as decoys to overwhelm Ukrainian systems. Ukrainian forces also intercepted 36 missiles, including the Iskander-M ballistic missile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia doesn&#8217;t change its stripes \u2014 another massive strike on cities and ordinary life. They targeted almost all of Ukraine \u2014 Volyn, Lviv, Ternopil, Kyiv, Sumy, Poltava, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, and Chernihiv regions,&#8221; Zelensky said the morning after the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia must be held accountable for this. Since the first minute of this war, they have been striking cities and villages to destroy life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on the morning of June 6 that the overnight attack was a &#8220;response&#8221; to Operation Spiderweb and alleged that the &#8220;goal of the strike was achieved&#8221; and the &#8220;designated objects were hit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Moscow needs no excuse to bombard <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a> with drones and missiles, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/explosions-reported-in-kyiv-amid-russian-drone-attack\/\">mass strikes<\/a> Russia launched against Ukrainian cities in the days before Spiderweb prove. For three consecutive nights in the last week of May, Russia targeted Ukraine with some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/third-consecutive-day-of-mass-attacks\/\">heaviest aerial attacks<\/a> since the start of the full-scale war.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial strikes against civilian targets have been a regular feature of Russia&#8217;s all-out war since February 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wo8Nj_c2qQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"Egyptian POW didn't need money, but went to fight for Russia\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"ukraine-strikes-russian-air-bases-in-preemptive-strike-ahead-of-drone-missile-attack-general-staff-says\"><code>Ukraine strikes Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike' ahead of drone, missile attack, General Staff says<\/code><\/h2>\n<p>Ukrainian forces struck multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/preemptive-strike-ukraine-strikes-russian-air-bases-ahead-of-russian-drone-missile-attack-general-staff-says\/\">Russian airfields and military facilities<\/a> overnight on June 6, hours before Russia launched one of its heaviest aerial assaults of the war, the General Staff of Ukraine&#8217;s Armed Forces reported.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian strikes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/GeneralStaffZSU\/25188\">reportedly targeted<\/a> Engels and Dyagilevo airfields \u2014 two key hubs for Russia&#8217;s long-range bomber fleet, as well as logistics sites in Russia&#8217;s Kursk Oblast.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the strikes, Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/fires-reported-following-russias-drone-attack-on-kyiv\/\">attacked<\/a> Ukraine with 452 drones and 45 missiles \u00a0in one of the largest attacks of the full-scale war.<\/p>\n<p>Engels-2 air base, located in <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/saratov-oblast\/\">Saratov Oblast<\/a>, nearly 600 kilometers (370 miles) from Ukraine&#8217;s front lines, hosts Russia&#8217;s Tu-95, Tu-22M3, and Tu-160 bombers \u2014 aircraft regularly used in missile <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russian-attack\/\">attacks<\/a> on Ukrainian cities.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s General Staff said a strike ignited <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/explosions-rock-engels-in-russias-saratov-oblast-amid-reported-drone-attack\/\">large fires<\/a> at the facility, hitting at least three fuel tanks. Footage and local reports confirmed a significant blaze and numerous explosions in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Saratov Governor Roman Busargin <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/explosions-rock-engels-in-russias-saratov-oblast-amid-reported-drone-attack\/\">acknowledged<\/a> a fire at an unspecified &#8220;industrial enterprise&#8221; and damage from drones to a residential building. No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Dyagilevo airfield in <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ryazan-oblast\/\">Ryazan Oblast<\/a>, home to air refueling tankers and bomber escort fighters, was also targeted. The General Staff reported fire damage in the area, with Russian air defense activity and explosions recorded. Results of the strike are still being assessed.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine also claims to have struck a logistics center tied to the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of Russia&#8217;s 72nd Division near Kulbaki in Kursk Oblast.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russias-defense-ministry\/\">Defense Ministry<\/a> claimed that 174 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight across 12 regions of Russia and occupied <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/crimea\/\">Crimea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Strikes on military infrastructure will continue until the Russian Federation&#8217;s armed aggression against Ukraine is completely stopped,&#8221; Ukraine&#8217;s General Staff said.<\/p>\n<p>The latest wave of Ukrainian strikes underscores Kyiv&#8217;s evolving long-range strike capability, as well as its efforts to preemptively degrade Russian assets used in air assaults.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/how-ukraines-own-peaky-blinders-mastered-the-art-of-bomber-drones\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">\u2018Find and destroy\u2019 \u2013 how Ukraine\u2019s own Peaky Blinders mastered the art of bomber drones<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">Editor\u2019s note: In accordance with the security protocols of the Ukrainian military, soldiers featured in this story are identified by first names and callsigns only. DONETSK OBLAST \u2013 From the moment the vehicles duck into pre-prepared positions in the leafy treeline to the first dead Russian soldiers, less than twenty<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike'\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Francis Farrell<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/DSCF9589-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike'\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"ukrainian-drone-attack-destroys-helicopter-at-russian-airfield-in-bryansk-media-says\"><code>Ukrainian drone attack destroys helicopter at Russian airfield in Bryansk, media says<\/code><\/h2>\n<p>Ukrainian drones struck <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukrainian-drone-attack-destroys-helicopter-at-russian-airfield-in-bryansk-media-says\/\">Bryansk International Airport<\/a> in Russia overnight on June 6, destroying one combat helicopter and damaging another, according to Russian emergency officials cited by independent media outlet Astra.<\/p>\n<p>The attack was part of a broader Ukrainian operation targeting <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/preemptive-strike-ukraine-strikes-russian-air-bases-ahead-of-russian-drone-missile-attack-general-staff-says\/\">multiple Russian airfields<\/a> and military facilities the same evening.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/astrapress\/83145\">Astra&#8217;s<\/a> sources within Russia&#8217;s Emergency Situations Ministry, the attack destroyed a Mi-8 helicopter after its onboard munitions detonated. A second aircraft, a Mi-35 helicopter gunship, was also damaged, though the extent of the damage remains unclear.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mi-8 helicopter destroyed, Mi-35 damaged in overnight attack on Bryansk airport \u2014 ASTRA sources<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian drones attacked Bryansk International Airport in the village of Oktyabrskoye overnight on June 5\u20136, according to ASTRA sources. Nighttime footage from the scene captured\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KULDBKXdjC\">pic.twitter.com\/KULDBKXdjC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ASTRA (@ASTRA_PRESS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASTRA_PRESS\/status\/1930915178549215721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The strike reportedly caused additional destruction to airport infrastructure and rescue facilities, but no casualties were reported. Sources within Ukraine&#8217;s special services confirmed to Astra that Bryansk airport was among the intended targets of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>The Kyiv Independent could not verify the claims.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/mi-8\/\">Mi-8<\/a> is a multipurpose utility aircraft used for troop transport, reconnaissance, and close air support. The Mi-35 is a heavily armed assault helicopter derived from the Soviet-era Mi-24, with dual capability for offensive operations and personnel transport.<\/p>\n<p>Both aircraft types are actively used by <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a> in its war against <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/explosions-rock-engels-in-russias-saratov-oblast-amid-reported-drone-attack\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Russia\u2019s Engels oil refinery ablaze after reported drone attack in Saratov Oblast<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">Governor Roman Busargin claimed that a fire broke out at an unspecified \u201cindustrial enterprise\u201d in Engels, as locals shared footage of an oil depot in flames. The Kristal Plant refinery supplies fuel to the Engels-2 military airfield.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike'\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Abbey Fenbert<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/engels.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike'\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"russia-plans-to-occupy-ukraine-east-of-dnipro-cut-black-sea-access-ukrainian-official-says\"><code>Russia plans to occupy Ukraine east of Dnipro, cut Black Sea access, Ukrainian official says<\/code><\/h2>\n<p>Russia aims to occupy <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russia-plans-to-occupy-ukraine-east-of-dnipro-cut-black-sea-access-ukrainian-official-says\/\">all Ukrainian territory<\/a> east of the Dnipro River and advance toward Odesa and Mykolaiv in a broader plan to sever Ukraine&#8217;s access to the Black Sea, President Volodymyr Zelensky&#8217;s Deputy Chief of Staff Pavlo Palisa said, Politico reported on June 6.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks come amid continuing <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russian-offensive\/\">Russian offensives<\/a> in eastern and northern <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>, along with escalating diplomatic efforts that have yet to yield a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ukraine&#8217;s military intelligence agency (HUR), <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/moscow\/\">Moscow<\/a> hopes to seize the entirety of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts by this fall and establish a buffer zone along Ukraine&#8217;s northern border with <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The second phase of the plan envisions more ambitious territorial gains, including an advance into southern Ukraine aimed at cutting the country off from the sea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, they are not speaking about peace. They are preparing for war,&#8221; Palisa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/national-security-daily\/2025\/06\/05\/ukraine-reveals-russias-larger-war-strategy-00390707\">said<\/a> during a press briefing at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/trump-quietly-pressuring-senate-to-weaken-russia-sanctions-wsj-reports\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Trump quietly pressuring Senate to weaken Russia sanctions, WSJ reports<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">The White House reportedly asked Sen. Graham to insert waivers into the bill allowing Trump to choose which entities get sanctioned and changing the word \u201cshall\u201d to \u201cmay.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike'\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Abbey Fenbert<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2218789844.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike'\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The warning comes days after Russia presented Ukraine with a so-called &#8220;peace memorandum&#8221; during a second round of <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/istanbul-talks-june-2\/\">negotiations<\/a> in Istanbul on June 2.<\/p>\n<p>The document, <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russia-passes-peace-memorandum-to-ukraine-demanding-withdrawal-of-troops-from-4-ukrainian-regions-media-says\/\">published<\/a> by Russian state media outlet TASS, demands that Kyiv recognize Russia&#8217;s claimed annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts \u2014 Kherson, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk \u2014 and fully withdraw from them.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow also calls for Ukraine&#8217;s demobilization and a formal ban on NATO membership.<\/p>\n<p>During the talks, Ukraine&#8217;s delegation submitted a <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukraines-memorandum-proposes-ceasefire-across-land-air-and-sea-nyt-reports\/\">separate proposal<\/a> calling for an all-for-all prisoner exchange, the return of abducted Ukrainian children, and the release of civilians held in Russian captivity.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv also reiterated its call for a Western-backed 30-day <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ceasefire\/\">ceasefire<\/a> as a foundation for future negotiations \u2014 a proposal Moscow again rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s military leadership has <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/as-peace-efforts-falter-russia-eyes-major-summer-push-in-donetsk-oblast\/\">warned<\/a> that Russian forces are preparing for a major summer offensive in Donetsk Oblast, where daily assaults have continued since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Despite suffering heavy losses, <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russian%20troops\/\">Russian troops<\/a> are advancing through mass wave attacks that gain only tens of meters per day. According to the U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/putins-disregard-for-troops-highlighted-as-russian-losses-approach-1-million-csis-report-shows\/\">CSIS<\/a>), Moscow currently occupies roughly 20% of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/eu-tariffs-on-ukrainian-goods-return-after-3-years-of-war-complicating-kyivs-path-to-european-integration\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">EU tariffs on Ukrainian goods return after 3 years of war, complicating Kyiv\u2019s path to European integration<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">The European Union is set to reinstate tariffs on Ukrainian agricultural exports on June 6. This is the first time since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion that the EU will not renew an agreement suspending trade barriers between Ukraine and Europe. The end of tariff-free trade comes amid mounting opposition to Ukrainian<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike'\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Luca L\u00e9ry Moffat<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2191699682-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike'\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"note-from-the-author\">Note from the author:<\/h2>\n<p><em>Ukraine War Latest is put together by the Kyiv Independent news desk team, who keep you informed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 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