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Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russian airfields could derail Russia’s war efforts

The drone attacks by Ukrainian Operation Spider’s Web forces on Russian airfields have called into question Russia’s supposed military strength.

The Conversation · Jun 3, 2025

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 · Jun 3, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025

UK demands Abramovich's Chelsea sale funds go to Ukraine war victims

The UK government threatens legal action to ensure proceeds from Roman Abramovich's Chelsea sale benefit Ukrainian war victims.

Euronews · Jun 3, 2025

Ukraine’s underwater explosion attack on Crimean Bridge caught on camera

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The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025

Watch moment Russia’s Crimean bridge blown up in huge explosion by Ukraine forces

Video footage has captured the moment a bridge linking Russia and Crimea is blown up in a huge explosion carried out by Ukraine’s special forces.

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025

What Putin and Zelensky’s meeting in 2019 tells us about the fate of peace talks

Even though neither leader met in the Istanbul summits, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky have met before

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025

A Russian rocket attack kills 3 in Ukraine's city of Sumy, drawing condemnation from Zelenskyy

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned a Russian attack on the city center of Sumy, saying that's all one needs "to know about Russia’s ‘desire’ to end this war.”

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025

UK government ready to take Abramovich to court over Chelsea sale proceeds for Ukraine

Three years after Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich was forced to sell Premier League club Chelsea, the British government says it is prepared to go to court to ensure the proceeds reach war victims in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025