{"id":1563,"date":"2025-06-07T03:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T03:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2025-06-07T03:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T03:30:13","slug":"russia-targets-ukraines-long-range-capabilities-in-massive-aerial-bombardment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1563","title":{"rendered":"Russia Targets Ukraine&#8217;s Long-Range Capabilities in Massive Aerial Bombardment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at <strong>Russia<\/strong>\u2019s latest drone and missile attack on <strong>Ukraine<\/strong>, U.S. President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> feuding with tech billionaire <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>, and Washington sanctioning the <strong>International Criminal Court<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Retaliatory Attack <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Russia launched one of its largest <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-putin-zelenskyy-trump-80c8984bc2e52da0212da4e0d4cf8220?user_email=6b04284e4d00370f16d3dac0a626e01bf24d86e4d6995646867da6aa680488d0&amp;utm_medium=Morning_Wire&amp;utm_source=Sailthru_AP&amp;utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire%20Jun%206%202025&amp;utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers\">aerial bombardments<\/a> against Ukraine on Friday. According to Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat, more than 400 Russian drones and 44 ballistic and cruise missiles struck areas in six Ukrainian territories. Kyiv\u2019s forces shot down around 30 missiles and up to 200 drones, but the operation still killed at least four people, including emergency responders, and injured some 50 others.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at <strong>Russia<\/strong>\u2019s latest drone and missile attack on <strong>Ukraine<\/strong>, U.S. President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> feuding with tech billionaire <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>, and Washington sanctioning the <strong>International Criminal Court<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-fallback\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/category\/world-brief\/\">Sign up<\/a>  to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.            <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-shortcode-newsletter=\"world_brief\" class=\"newsletter-unit-signup newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode email-capture--step-1 newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief newsletter-shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"show-on-email-capture--signed-up hide-from-newsletter-subscriber newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode--container\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit newsletters-page newsletter-row\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">Sign up to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.<\/h2>\n<p>\n                        <button class=\"button\">Sign Up<\/button>\n                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"grid--flex newsletter-world_brief newsletter-signup-container\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"World Brief sign up form\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"buttons\">\n<div class=\"hide-from-newsletter-subscriber privacy-policy-container\">\n<div class=\"privacy-policy-acknowledge\">\n<p><small>By submitting your email, you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/termsofuse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us. 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According to Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat, more than 400 Russian drones and 44 ballistic and cruise missiles struck areas in six Ukrainian territories. Kyiv\u2019s forces shot down around 30 missiles and up to 200 drones, but the operation still killed at least four people, including emergency responders, and injured some 50 others.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry said the assault <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cvg7zy1jq7no\">targeted<\/a> Ukrainian military sites with \u201clong-range precision weapons,\u201d including arms depots and drone factories. However, locals reported that the bombardment also hit apartment buildings and other nonmilitary locations. Moscow has consistently <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-attacks-casualties-b9861d69b36a07d4108313df667e45dd\">targeted<\/a> residential areas and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine since launching its full-scale war in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the first minute of this war, they have been striking cities and villages to destroy life,\u201d Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1930889182802506190\">wrote<\/a> on X on Friday. \u201cRussia doesn\u2019t change its stripes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sweeping assault appears to be in direct retaliation for a <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/02\/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-cease-fire-peace-talks-istanbul\/\">massive Ukrainian drone attack<\/a>, dubbed Operation Spider\u2019s Web, against Russia\u2019s long-range weapons capabilities last weekend. Using 117 aerial drones smuggled across enemy lines and positioned near Russian air bases, Ukraine damaged or destroyed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/graphics\/UKRAINE-CRISIS\/DRONES-RUSSIA\/mypmjzayyvr\/\">several<\/a> of Moscow\u2019s strategic cruise missile carriers.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, during which Trump said the Russian leader vowed to respond to Ukraine\u2019s attack; however, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/04\/us\/politics\/trump-putin-ukraine.html\">did not say<\/a> whether he tried to discourage Putin from doing so.<\/p>\n<p>And on Thursday, Trump appeared to prioritize a more <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/germany-merz-trump-washington-ukraine-trade-89ae8e553a0f8f44f9557f351adbacd0\">hands-off approach<\/a> to the conflict. \u201cSometimes you\u2019re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart,\u201d Trump said, comparing Russia and Ukraine to misbehaving children and suggesting that the United States could impose sanctions on both countries if efforts to secure a peace deal seem insincere.<\/p>\n<p>Such a peace agreement does not appear to be in the cards\u2014at least, not in the near future. Kyiv is demanding an unconditional 30-day cease-fire as well as a face-to-face meeting between Zelensky and Putin. But Moscow <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/02\/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-cease-fire-peace-talks-istanbul\/\">remains adamant<\/a> that it will not agree to a truce deal unless Ukraine concedes on several major points of negotiation, including abandoning its bid to join NATO and allowing Russia to control large swaths of Ukrainian land.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kremlin continues efforts to falsely portray Russia as willing to engage in good-faith negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, despite Russia\u2019s repeated refusal to offer any concessions,\u201d the Institute for the Study of War, a U.S. think tank, <a href=\"https:\/\/understandingwar.org\/backgrounder\/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-5-2025\">said<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to push Moscow to the negotiating table, Ukraine has prioritized aerial attacks against Russia. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Moscow\u2019s air defenses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/05\/europe\/russia-launches-retaliatory-strike-on-kyiv-latam-hnk-intl\">intercepted<\/a> 174 Ukrainian drones across 13 regions on Thursday and Friday as well as three Ukrainian Neptune missiles over the Black Sea. The Ukrainian General Staff said the operation successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-putin-zelenskyy-trump-80c8984bc2e52da0212da4e0d4cf8220?user_email=6b04284e4d00370f16d3dac0a626e01bf24d86e4d6995646867da6aa680488d0&amp;utm_medium=Morning_Wire&amp;utm_source=Sailthru_AP&amp;utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire%20Jun%206%202025&amp;utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers\">struck<\/a> airfields, fuel storage tanks, and transport hubs.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Today\u2019s Most Read<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>What We\u2019re Following<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Relationship meltdown. <\/strong>The honeymoon period is over. After months spent touting a united agenda to remake Washington, Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s close relationship erupted in a dramatic\u2014and public\u2014feud on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>At the center of their dispute is a major Republican tax cut and spending bill\u2014which Trump has dubbed the \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d\u2014that the White House is trying to get through Congress. Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/06\/05\/nx-s1-5424686\/donald-trump-elon-musk-bromance-breakup\">opposes<\/a> the legislation because it would increase the federal budget deficit\u2014by about <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cbo-big-beautiful-bill-trump-republican-deficit-debt-d432b67a965790e4a26de46ea8db1266\">$2.4 trillion<\/a> over the next 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office\u2014and undo the cost-cutting efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative that Musk spearheaded.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has made increasingly pointed posts on X, which he owns, slamming the bill and criticizing Republicans\u2014and, implicitly, Trump himself\u2014for supporting it. When asked about the posts on Thursday, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/business\/timeline-elon-musk-trump-x-dg\">told reporters<\/a> that he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d by them and said he wasn\u2019t sure if his good relationship with Musk would last.<\/p>\n<p>Musk then fired back on X, and the jabs quickly escalated. Trump called Musk \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114632205177163456\">CRAZY!<\/a>\u201d and suggested that the White House could terminate all government contracts with Musk\u2019s companies; meanwhile, Musk took credit for Trump\u2019s 2024 election victory and expressed support for impeaching him.<\/p>\n<p>Their feud has already hurt Musk\u2019s pocketbook; Tesla shares fell more than <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/musk-tesla-robotaxi-trump-tax-bill-budget-359f8ddd3739793b3c5e8ab92d191879\">14 percent<\/a> on Thursday, and Trump is reportedly considering selling or donating his own red Tesla Model S.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ICC sanctions. <\/strong>The United Nations and European Union <a href=\"https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/4vW7d\">demanded<\/a> on Friday that the United States lift new sanctions on four International Criminal Court (ICC) justices. \u201cAttacks against judges for performance of their judicial functions, at national or international levels, run directly counter to respect for the rule of law and the equal protection of the law\u2014values for which the U.S. has long stood,\u201d U.N. human rights chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/statements-and-speeches\/2025\/06\/comment-un-human-rights-chief-volker-turk-us-imposition-sanctions\">Volker Turk<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. State Department froze the assets of the four ICC justices on Thursday in an effort to punish the court for undertaking investigations into whether Israel has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/international-criminal-court-sanctions-trump-administration-b9f77e15201462785d55f1badd508e53?user_email=6b04284e4d00370f16d3dac0a626e01bf24d86e4d6995646867da6aa680488d0&amp;utm_medium=Morning_Wire&amp;utm_source=Sailthru_AP&amp;utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire%20Jun%206%202025&amp;utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers\">accused<\/a> the international body of being \u201cpoliticized\u201d and using its powers to \u201cinfringe upon the sovereignty and national security of the United States and our allies, including Israel.\u201d Neither Israel nor the United States are <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2023\/04\/11\/russia-putin-ukraine-war-icc-united-states-crimes-arrest-warrant\/\">members of the ICC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During Trump\u2019s first term, he <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/06\/17\/trumps-chilling-blow-to-the-icc\/\">sanctioned<\/a> individuals associated with the court for investigating alleged war crimes that U.S. troops reportedly committed in Afghanistan; U.S. President Joe Biden removed those sanctions in 2021. And in February of this year, the White House barred ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan from entering the United States and doing business with American partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Israel\u2019s militia allies. <\/strong>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/05\/world\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-militia-netanyahu.html\">acknowledged<\/a> on Thursday that the Israeli military has been working with \u201cclans in Gaza that oppose Hamas\u201d to help defeat the militant group. He did not specify which groups this includes.<\/p>\n<p>However, some experts have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/jun\/05\/israel-accused-of-arming-palestinian-gang-who-allegedly-looted-aid-in-gaza\">accused<\/a> Israel of coordinating with Yasser Abu Shabab, who leads a small militia group in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Abu Shabab is known for allegations that he has looted humanitarian supplies intended for Palestinian civilians and resold them; he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=122114596268875302&amp;id=61576259066682&amp;_rdr\">denied<\/a> these claims as well as any involvement with the Israeli military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re talking about the equivalent of ISIS in Gaza,\u201d opposition lawmaker and former Israeli Defense Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-arming-gangs-gaza-clans-activated\/\">Avigdor Liberman<\/a> said on Thursday. \u201cNo one can guarantee that these weapons will not be directed at Israel. We have no way of monitoring or following.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Israeli forces <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AFP\/status\/1931026167663939906\">bombarded<\/a> Gaza with heavy airstrikes on Friday, killing at least 38 people. Attacks were concentrated in the northern Gaza cities of Jabalia and Tuffah as well as the southern city of Khan Younis. Despite the Israeli- and U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/us-backed-gaza-humanitarian-foundation-says-all-aid-distribution-sites-are-2025-06-06\/\">Reuters<\/a> that it distributed some aid on Friday, locals have reported a continued lack of access to food and medical supplies in those areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the way home.<\/strong>\u00a0A Maryland resident wrongfully deported more than two months ago is being returned to the United States, ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/mistakenly-deported-kilmar-abrego-garcia-back-us-face\/story?id=121333122\">reported<\/a> on Friday, citing \u201csources familiar with the matter.\u201d Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was transferred to El Salvador\u2019s notorious\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/03\/20\/trump-deportations-el-salvador-prisons-bukele-human-rights\/\">Terrorism Confinement Center<\/a>\u00a0mega-prison in March, along with more than 200 people accused of being members of Venezuelan gangs. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the Trump administration must \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/04\/21\/abrego-garcia-el-salvador-deportation-venezuela-gangs-pope-francis-signal-hegseth\/\">facilitate<\/a>\u201d Abrego Garcia\u2019s return, Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/04\/14\/trump-bukele-deportation-flights-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-cecot-mega-prison\/\">resisted<\/a>\u00a0the court order for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Once Abrego Garcia returns, he will face a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/mistakenly-deported-kilmar-abrego-garcia-back-us-face\/story?id=121333122\">two-count federal indictment<\/a>\u00a0accusing him of participating in a yearslong conspiracy to transport undocumented migrants within the United States. Abrego Garcia denies these allegations as well as accusations that he is a member of the MS-13 gang.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>What in the World?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Wednesday, June 4, marked the anniversary of which major Chinese historical event?<\/p>\n<p>A. The end of the Chinese communist revolution<br \/>B. The Tiananmen Square massacre<br \/>C. The beginning of Mao\u2019s Great Leap Forward<br \/>D. The end of the Boxer Rebellion<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Odds and Ends<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Accidents happen. The Australian navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/jun\/06\/australian-navy-ship-accidentally-blocks-wifi-across-parts-of-new-zealand\">acknowledged<\/a> on Thursday that one of its largest ships, HMAS <em>Canberra<\/em>, accidentally disrupted internet and radio services across much of New Zealand\u2019s North and South islands on Wednesday. \u201cIt\u2019s not every day a warship takes your gear offline,\u201d said Matthew Harrison, the managing director of Primo, a local wireless internet and telecommunications company. The disruptions are no longer active.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>And the Answer Is\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>B. The Tiananmen Square massacre<\/p>\n<p>Material wealth and widespread digital surveillance have stifled grassroots democratic movements in China, <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/04\/tiananmen-june-protest-china-censorship-online\/\">argues<\/a> Yang Jianli.<\/p>\n<p>To take the rest of FP\u2019s weekly international news quiz, <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/06\/foreign-policy-news-quiz-poland-election-dutch-government-collapse-pakistan-earthquake\/\">click here<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/alerts\/\">sign up<\/a> to be alerted when a new one is published.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/06\/russia-ukraine-drones-missiles-zelensky-putin-trump-elon-musk\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at Russia\u2019s latest drone and missile attack on Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump feuding with tech billionaire Elon Musk, and Washington sanctioning the International Criminal Court. 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