{"id":354017,"date":"2025-06-02T06:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T12:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=354017"},"modified":"2025-06-03T05:22:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:52:40","slug":"ukraine-drone-attack-on-russiawhat-next-world-watches-closely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/ukraine-drone-attack-on-russiawhat-next-world-watches-closely\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine drone attack on Russia\u2014what next, world watches closely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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New Delhi, June 2 – Ukraine on Sunday targeted military air bases in different Russian regions, carrying what was called its \u201clargest drone attack\u201d inside the enemy territory. Dubbed \u2018Operation Spider\u2019s Web\u2019, the attack also marked a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict between the two nations at a time when attempts for establishing peace are underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russian news agency TASS quoted the Russian Defence Ministry to state that \u201call terrorist attacks on military airfields in the Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions were successfully foiled, however, \u201cseveral aircraft caught fire due to FPV drone attacks near military airfields\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were no reports of casualties among military personnel or civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the world awaits with bated breath the Russian response to the attack deep inside its territory, the second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul are happening as per schedule, according to reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, Russia and Ukraine are meeting for the second round of direct peace talks since the war erupted in 2022.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Ukraine attack comes at a time when Moscow is making significant territorial advances in the Sumy region. With neither of the two sides in a mood to yield, all eyes are on the region and what next. It has been over three years since the two countries became embroiled in war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trying to maintain a delicate diplomatic balance between \u201chistorical\u201d ally Russia and Ukraine, India too is watching closely, say sources   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ukraine on the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the \u201cfirst ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Ukraine since diplomatic relations were established between the two countries in 1992.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from revitalising trade, expanding market access with  mutual economic benefits and positioning as a peacemaker, PM Modi’s visit also aimed to mend fences with Ukraine and reestablish bonds with the country in the post-Soviet era. Calling it a \u201csignificant shift\u201d in policy, observers say the \u201cmulti-alignment approach\u201d aimed to achieve a healthy diplomatic relation with Ukraine.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, defence analysts say lessons on military planning and strategy can also be drawn from \u2018Operation Spider\u2019s Web\u2019, most essentially the use of cost-effective technology (drones in this case) to inflict damage on a superior military force inside its territory, and of course an effective intelligence network to detect and neutralise enemy threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi, June 2 – Ukraine on Sunday targeted military air bases in different Russian regions, carrying what was called its \u201clargest drone attack\u201d inside the enemy territory. Dubbed \u2018Operation Spider\u2019s Web\u2019, the attack also marked a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict between the two nations at a time when attempts for establishing peace are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":354018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[19725,19726,17645],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354017"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354035,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354017\/revisions\/354035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/354018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}