
Kremlin slams Trump's response to Ukraine's Spider's Web operation
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says that during the June 4 phone conversation between Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, Russia expected a "harsher condemnation" of the SBU’s Spider's Web operation
Kommersant reported the information.
According to Peskov, the Kremlin expected to hear a stronger condemnation from Washington regarding the Ukrainian strikes on aircraft in Russia.
"During the phone conversation, Donald Trump said he had no information. But speaking generally about the international response, we would have preferred to hear a strong condemnation of this terrorist act," he said.
Earlier, media reported that U.S. President Donald Trump called Ukraine’s Spider's Web special operation, during which Russian strategic aviation aircraft were hit, "powerful."
What is known about the SBU’s Spider's Web operation:
On June 1, 2025, the Ukrainian Security Service conducted a major operation called Spider's Web aimed at destroying Russian bomber aviation. It is known that 40 aircraft were damaged.
According to the Security Service, the estimated value of Russia's strategic aviation affected by the special operation amounts to 7 billion dollars.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that all terrorist attacks at military airfields in the Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions were repelled.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked SBU Head Vasyl Maliuk for the operation’s results. He noted that the “office” of the SBU operation in Russia was located right next to the FSB administration in one of the regions. A total of 117 drones were used in the operation.
The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andrii Kovalenko, later reported that at least 13 Russian aircraft were destroyed and even more were damaged in the large-scale SBU operation.
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