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Russia’s bombers are still attacking Ukraine steadily despite Operation Spiderweb, the UK MOD said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
It observed over 70 cruise missiles fired in July, saying it shows the “resilience” of Russia’s fleet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Still, Ukrainian media previously reported that Russia is having to cram missiles on its bombers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Russia’s long-range bombers are still assailing Ukraine at a steady pace despite June’s daring drone attack against the fleet, the UK’s defense ministry said in a recent assessment.<\/p>\n
In an intelligence update on Wednesday, the British ministry wrote that it had observed seven long-range attack packages launched against Ukraine in July, involving at least 70 “premier munitions” \u2014 powerful cruise missiles.<\/p>\n
“Russian Long Range Aviation bombers have maintained their offensive tempo, continuing to demonstrate the resilience and retained capability of the fleet following Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb<\/a> on June 1, 2025,” the ministry wrote.<\/p>\n The assessment comes six weeks after Ukraine launched a surprise drone attack on four airbases deep inside Russia that housed the Kremlin’s strategic bombers and early warning aircraft.<\/p>\n Using first-person-view drones transported via truck, Ukraine damaged what it said was at least a third of Russia’s bomber fleet.<\/p>\n Dubbed Operation Spiderweb, the attack was hailed as one of the starkest examples of how asymmetric warfare<\/a> can endanger high-level military assets like the $150 million Tu-95MS bomber. Ukrainian officials have said that the attack inflicted $7 billion worth of damage.<\/p>\n Before the attack, Russia was believed to field roughly 67 strategic bombers in its active inventory, and videos released by Ukraine show that at least nine of them were heavily damaged in Operation Spiderweb. Ukraine reported that the attack damaged or destroyed at least 41 total aircraft, but independent analysts have said it’s difficult to affirm that claim.<\/p>\n