Russian Defence Ministry says night strike on Ukraine was revenge for special operation «Pavutyna»
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- Darina Melnychuk
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17:33, 06 June, 2025
Consequences of an enemy attack in Kyiv, photo: Kyiv City Prosecutor's OfficeThe Russian Federation confirmed that on the night of 6 June, Russian troops launched a massive attack on Ukraine. The strikes allegedly targeted «defence industry and military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine».
This was stated in a statement by the Russian Ministry of Defence.
The Defence Ministry said that the night attack was a response to «terrorist acts by the Kyiv regime». The Russian defence ministry claims that «all planned targets were hit».
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, the military targeted «design bureaus, weapons production and repair facilities, UAV assembly shops, flight training centres and warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It is noted that high-precision long-range air, sea and land-based weapons, as well as attack drones, were used in the attack.
As a reminder, on the night of 6 June 2025, Russian troops carried out a massive shelling of several regions of Ukraine.
During the shelling, 19 rescuers were injured. Most of them were injured in the capital, during the aftermath of the shelling in Kyiv.
Special operation «Pavutyna»
As a reminder, the special operation «Pavutyna», which resulted in the downing of 41 Russian strategic aircraft by the Security Service of Ukraine, had been in the works for over a year and a half.
Later, journalist Yurii Butusov disclosed the details of the SSU operation, noting that the agents had entered the territory of the Russian Federation.
The SSU estimates the value of the destroyed Russian strategic aircraft at Russian airfields at seven billion dollars.
After the large-scale SSU attack on Russian airfields, the first satellite images of the long-range aviation base «Belaia» in Irkutsk region were published online. The images show significant damage and destruction of Russian warplanes.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that successful Ukrainian operations, such as the recent «Pavutyna», should make Russia think about the diplomatic route.