{"id":69861,"date":"2025-06-04T16:06:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/06\/04\/ukraine-well-prepared-for-russian-response-to-drone-stunt-pistorius\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:23:17","slug":"ukraine-well-prepared-for-russian-response-to-drone-stunt-pistorius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2025\/06\/04\/ukraine-well-prepared-for-russian-response-to-drone-stunt-pistorius\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine \u2018well prepared\u2019 for Russian response to drone stunt: Pistorius"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COLOGNE, Germany \u2014 Ukrainian forces are \u201cwell prepared\u201d for a Russian response to Sunday\u2019s drone attacks against long-range bombers parked on air bases across Russia, according to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking ahead of a June 4 meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Brussels, Pistorius said the scope and timing of a potential Russian counterattack was still unclear. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov was expected to brief allies about options at the gathering, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can only speculate about what the Russian forces and Putin are willing and able to do,\u201d the German defense minister told reporters, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. \u201cI believe the Ukrainians are well prepared, in part thanks to the support they are getting from us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian forces orchestrated a daring series of drone attacks on June 1 against Russian warplanes of types previously used to launch missiles into Ukraine from great distances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials in Kyiv have said more than 41 Russian military aircraft were destroyed in the attack, a claim that Western news agencies have been unable to verify so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-photos-destroyed-bombers-a27eb37cff14355acb8f9850e663c8bd\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-photos-destroyed-bombers-a27eb37cff14355acb8f9850e663c8bd\">Satellite imagery showed seven destroyed aircraft<\/a> \u2014 at least three Tu-95 long-range bombers and four Tu-22Ms \u2014 at an air base in eastern Siberia alone, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian commanders have used the aircraft, combined with shorter-range attack drones, to strike civilian targets in Ukraine in an effort to grind down the population\u2019s morale, according to Pistorius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Western military officials have started drawing their own lessons from the Ukrainian surprise attack, dubbed \u201cOperation Spiderweb\u201d by Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis shows us that seemingly impenetrable locations maybe are not,\u201d Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. 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