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Russia attacks Ukraine with missiles and drones – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

The Guardian view on Ukraine’s spectacular attack: 21st-century tactics still require support from allies

Editorial: The strikes on Russian airbases are further evidence of Kyiv’s innovation. Imagination and skill can bolster external backing – but can’t replace it

The Guardian - UK

At least five killed in Russian air strikes on Pryluky in first such attack since November

The aerial attacks came just hours after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin, who promised Russia would respond "very strongly" to Ukraine's audacious drone attacks on military airfields on Sunday.

Euronews

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Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web destroyed more than aircraft – it tore apart the old idea that bases far behind the front lines are safe

A series of blasts at airbases deep inside Russia on June 1, 2025, came as a rude awakening to Moscow’s military strategists. The Ukrainian strike at the heart Russia’s strategic bombing capability could also upend the traditional rules of war: It provides smaller military a blueprint for countering a larger…

The Conversation

Kyiv will not force Ukrainian refugees to come back home — but it hopes they will

As Russia’s war against Ukraine drags on into its fourth year, many Ukrainian refugees have integrated and settled in Europe. Kyiv is seeking ways to motivate them to return home.

Euronews

Putin tells Trump Russia ‘will have to respond’ to Ukraine drone attack

US president says phone call with Russian leader won’t lead to ‘immediate peace’ as Moscow rules out ceasefire

The Guardian - UK

Putin threatens to respond 'very strongly' after Ukraine strikes airfields, Trump says

The call with US President Donald Trump comes three days after Ukraine's audacious military operation, "Spiderweb", which saw airfields deep inside Russia targeted by drones.

Euronews

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Kyiv releases new drone footage of Operation ‘Spiderweb’ as more details emerge

Ukraine’s security service has released new drone footage of its operation "Spiderweb" on Wednesday, showing how exactly Kyiv struck 41 Russian heavy military bombers. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy said Kyiv would not have launched its drone strike if Moscow had accepted Kyiv's calls for a ceasefire.

Euronews

Ukraine demands return of children taken by Russia: How did Kyiv come up with the list?

Kyiv handed over to Moscow a list of forcefully deported Ukrainian children, demanding that the Kremlin return them home. Who are the children on the list, and why did Ukraine include just some 300 names in it?

Euronews

US Defence Secretary Hegseth to skip NATO-led meeting on Ukraine military support

In a first for the US, the Pentagon chief will not attend a meeting of the group orchestrating military support to Ukraine, a Washington official told Euronews.

Euronews

The secret to Ukraine’s battlefield successes against Russia – it knows wars are never won in the past

The iconoclastic American general Douglas Macarthur once said that “wars are never won in the past”.

The Conversation

Russian environmental attacks in Ukraine caused €85 billion in damage, Kyiv estimates

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian authorities have registered over 8,000 cases of destruction to Ukraine's environment caused by Moscow’s war. The full toll of Russia’s environmental war crimes is likely much higher, Kyiv warns.

Euronews

Ukraine ‘spiderweb’ drone strike fails to register at peace talks as both sides dig in for the long haul

News of the spectacular “spiderweb” mass drone attack on Russian air bases on June 1 will have been uppermost in the minds of delegates who assembled the following day for another round of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul. The attack appears to have been a triumph of…

The Conversation

Ukraine hits Putin’s bridge to Crimea with underwater bomb attack

Kyiv has carried out extensive attacks on Russian targets hundreds of miles from the frontline as peace talks have stalled

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Euronews

Ukraine strikes Kerch bridge in Crimea with underwater explosives

Kyiv has hit the Kerch bridge in Crimea, illegally built by Russia after the unilateral annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula. Ukraine’s Security Service released the video of the attack, showing the explosion underwater.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine hits bridge linking Crimea to Russia with underwater explosives

Operation ‘severely damaged’ base of Crimean bridge, opened by Putin in 2018, Kyiv’s SBU security service says

Evening Standard

'Victory' over Ukraine not compromise peace is what Russia wants, says Putin ally hitting hopes of war end

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev also vows ‘retribution’ for Kyiv’s attacks on strategic bomber bases

Euronews

Ukraine wants a ceasefire, Russia wants Ukraine to surrender

After the second round of direct talks, which lasted just over an hour in Istanbul, Russia and Ukraine remain far apart in what each side demands from the other.

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Evening Standard

Russia continues to reject an unconditional ceasefire says Ukraine after peace talks

The second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine lasted just over an hour

The Independent UK

A surprise drone attack on airfields across Russia encapsulates Ukraine's wartime strategy

The covert operation was described as one for the “history books” by Ukraine’s president

Al Jazeera

How will Ukraine’s attack on Russian bombers affect the war?

An unprecedented assault on the eve of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict weakens Russia’s image, observers say.

The Guardian - UK

Trump still ‘open’ to meeting Putin and Zelenskyy; Russia rejects unconditional ceasefire – as it happened

White House says US president wants both leaders to come to table; Ukraine proposes next round of talks before end of June

The Independent UK

Zelensky praises Ukraine’s security service for ‘brilliant operation’ against Russian warplanes

Kyiv claims drone attack destroyed over 40 Russian planes

The Independent UK

Dozens of Russian warplanes destroyed in Ukrainian drone attack, claims Kyiv

Putin will be ‘infuriated’ by the attack, a Russia expert said, which comes a day before Moscow and Kyiv sit down in Istanbul for direct peace talks

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war briefing: New air assault on Kyiv

Explosions heard in Ukrainian capital a week after it endured biggest air raid of the war; evacuations in Sumy as Russians grab villages. What we know on day 1,194

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