US President Donald Trump has steered that Ukraine itself provoked the Russian strikes by conducting Operation Spider's Net.
Supply: Trump chatting with journalists on board Air Drive One
Particulars: Responding to a journalist's query about whether or not Operation Spider's Net had modified his view of what benefits Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds, Trump stated it had given Russian chief Vladimir Putin a cause to bomb Ukrainian cities.
Quote: "They gave Putin a cause to go in and bomb the hell out of them final night time. That's the factor I didn't like about it. Once I noticed it I stated 'Right here we go, now it's going to be a strike'."
Background:
- On 1 June 2025, the Safety Service of Ukraine carried out a particular operation codenamed Pavutyna (Spider's Net) and hit Russian strategic jets at 4 airfields.
- Vasyl Maliuk, Head of the Safety Service of Ukraine, acknowledged that 34% of strategic carriers of cruise missiles on the foremost airfields of the Russian Federation had been destroyed.
- The Safety Service of Ukraine formally acknowledged that 41 Russian strategic plane had been destroyed by FPV drone strikes, together with A-50, Tu-95, Tu-22 M3 and Tu-160 plane. The estimated value of the strategic plane destroyed is over US$7 billion.
- Colonel Ants Kiviselg, Head of the Estonian Defence Forces' Intelligence Centre, reported that the Russian Tu-95 bombers focused throughout Operation Spider's Net had been making ready to launch missile strikes on Ukraine.
- In response to those actions, Russia launched large-scale strikes on Ukraine on the night time of 5-6 June, utilizing over 400 drones and 40 cruise and ballistic missiles. The assault resulted in quite a few civilian casualties and vital harm to infrastructure.
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