Ukraine’s drone assault on Russian airfields on 1 June in all probability broken about 10% of Russia's strategic bomber fleet, German Main Basic Christian Freuding has stated.

Supply: Freuding in a podcast, as reported by European Pravda, citing Reuters

Quote: "In keeping with our evaluation, greater than a dozen plane have been broken, TU-95 and TU-22 strategic bombers in addition to A-50 surveillance planes."

Particulars: In keeping with the overall, who coordinates Berlin's navy help to Kyiv and works intently with the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, the A-50s, which have an analogous operate to NATO's AWACS plane in offering air surveillance, have been in all probability not in working order.

"We consider that they’ll now not be used for spare elements. It is a loss, as solely a handful of those plane exist," he stated.

"As for the long-range bomber fleet, 10% of it has been broken within the assault based on our evaluation," Freuding added.

America estimates that the daring Ukrainian drone assault hit as much as 20 Russian warplanes, destroying about 10 of them, two US officers instructed Reuters. Consultants say it should take Moscow years to switch the affected plane.

Regardless of the losses, Freuding sees no quick discount in Russian strikes on Ukraine, noting that Moscow nonetheless retains 90% of its strategic bombers, which may launch ballistic and cruise missiles along with dropping bombs.

"However there may be, after all, an oblique impact because the remaining planes might want to fly extra sorties, which means they are going to be worn out sooner, and, most significantly, there’s a enormous psychological impression," he stated.

Freuding stated that Russia felt safe in its huge territory, which additionally explains why the plane weren’t properly protected.

"After this profitable operation, this now not holds true. Russia might want to ramp up the safety measures," the overall stated.

Background:

• On 1 June 2025, the Safety Service of Ukraine (SSU) carried out a particular operation codenamed Pavutyna ("Spider’s Net"), hitting Russian strategic jets at 4 airfields.
• SSU head Vasyl Maliuk said that 34% of strategic cruise missile carriers at Russia’s predominant airfields had been destroyed. The SSU stated the estimated value of the gear destroyed on account of Operation Spider’s Net is over US$7 billion.
• A senior NATO official referred to as the operation probably the most profitable one but. The Alliance estimated that a minimum of 40 plane have been broken. Between 10 and 13 plane have been fully destroyed.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has emphasised that the safety companies used solely Ukrainian weapons on this operation and didn’t use gear from allied warehouses.

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