02 June 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News |
Combat Operations
Ukraine
Russia
United States
NATO
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Foreign Reactions
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Combat Operations
- SSU carries out historic special operation in russia's rear, hitting 41 enemy strategic aircraft - Vasyl Maliuk Security Service of Ukraine 02 Jun 2025 -- The Security Service of Ukraine carried out an unprecedented and unique special operation to simultaneously strike four military airfields in russia's rear, where enemy aircraft are stationed.
- Ukraine, Russia Talks Make Ground On New Prisoner Exchange, Little Else RFE/RL 02 Jun 2025 -- Ukraine and Russia agreed to another large-scale prisoner swap but little else during a second round of direct peace talks that lasted just over an hour as air attacks by both sides continue in Europe's largest and deadliest conflict since World War II.
- Russia, Ukraine agree to largest prisoner swap but fail to reach truce Press TV 02 Jun 2025 -- Russia's top negotiator Vladimir Medinsky has said Moscow and Kiev agreed on the largest-ever prisoner swap between the two warring neighbor countries.
- What Russia and Ukraine Agreed in 2nd Round of Istanbul Talks Sputnik 02 Jun 2025 -- Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, reported the key outcomes of the negotiations with Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul.
- Russia, Ukraine trade drone, missile attacks ahead of negotiations Press TV 02 Jun 2025 -- A day before Russia and Ukraine meet for a new round of direct talks in Istanbul, Ukraine and Russia exchange heavy fire with a Ukrainian drone attack reportedly destroying more than 40 Russian planes, and Moscow pounding Ukraine with drones, and missiles.
- Ukraine, Russia Set For Istanbul Talks Even As Deadly Air Strikes Intensify Back Home RFE/RL 02 Jun 2025 -- Delegations from Ukraine and Russia are scheduled to meet on June 2 in Istanbul for the next round of peace talks, even as air assaults are ramped up in the military struggle back at home.
Ukraine
- Presidents of Ukraine and Romania Discuss Opportunities for Advancing Cooperation President of Ukraine 02 Jun 2025
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy Meets with Mark Rutte President of Ukraine 02 Jun 2025
- Investments in Ukraine's Defense Industry and Air Defense Reinforcement: President Meets with Prime Minister of Norway President of Ukraine 02 Jun 2025
- Presidents of Ukraine and Lithuania Discuss Need to Increase Pressure on Russia Over Prolonged War President of Ukraine 02 Jun 2025
- Statement by the President of Ukraine Following the Bucharest Nine and Nordic Countries Summit President of Ukraine 02 Jun 2025
- Development of Bilateral Relations and Continued Support for Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Meets with Andrzej Duda President of Ukraine 02 Jun 2025
- President of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Finland Discuss Various Formats of Defense Cooperation President of Ukraine 02 Jun 2025
- To End the War, Ukraine Needs Continued Defense Support and Diplomacy Backed by Strong Action - Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 02 Jun 2025
- Speech by the President of Ukraine at the Summit With the Bucharest Nine and the Nordic Countries in Vilnius President of Ukraine 02 Jun 2025
- SSU detains enemy agent preparing series of terrorist attacks in Kyiv Security Service of Ukraine 02 Jun 2025 -- The Security Service of Ukraine has prevented a series of new terrorist attacks in Kyiv. As a result of a special operation, an enemy agent who was preparing to blow up cars belonging to servicemen of the Defense Forces has been detained.
Russia
- Full Text of Russian Memorandum on Ukraine Published Sputnik 02 Jun 2025 -- The full text of Russian memorandum on Ukraine has been released, outlining its proposals in three distinct sections.
- 'Now The War Has Reached Us Too,' Russians Far From Ukraine Say After Drone Attacks RFE/RL 02 Jun 2025 -- For more than three years, most of Russia has viewed the war sparked by the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine from afar.
United States
- US Defense Chief Regularly Briefed on Ukraine's Drone Attacks Against Russian Airfields Sputnik 02 Jun 2025 -- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been regularly briefed about Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Russian military airfields in various regions on June 1, CNN reported on Monday, citing a senior US official.
NATO
- Forging the Future of Ukraine's Combat Power: OFDeF Conference Strengthens NATO-Ukraine Integration NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU) 02 Jun 2025 -- In a powerful show of unity and purpose, over 300 military and civilian leaders from NATO, the European Union, Ukraine, and partner nations gathered in Poland for the third Operational Force Development Framework (OFDeF) Conference.
United Nations
- Frontline Ukrainian families face perilous task of farming mined fields UN News 02 Jun 2025 -- As Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet for a second round of preliminary peace talks in Turkïye on Monday, rural communities faced their own challenge: finding something to eat.
- Ukraine: rural communities need immediate support to plant and produce food amid ongoing war FAO 02 Jun 2025 -- With the war ongoing, many Ukrainian farmers and rural farming families face limited access to their land due to mines and lack the financial resources to purchase needed agricultural inputs.
Foreign Reactions
- Foreign Ministers of Lithuania, Sweden, and Iceland: support for Ukraine and tightening sanctions against Russia are our common interest Lithuania MFA 02 Jun 2025 -- On 2 June, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Kęstutis Budrys, met with the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard and the Icelandic Minister of Foreign Affairs Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, who are attending the Vilnius Summit of the Bucharest Nine and Nordic countries.
- Gitanas Nausėda met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of the Republic of Lithuania 02 Jun 2025 -- On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine on the sidelines of the Vilnius Summit.
- The President: Significantly increasing military support for Ukraine is essential President of the Republic of Lithuania 02 Jun 2025 -- On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with the leaders of NATO's eastern and northern flank countries at the Vilnius Summit to discuss continued support for Ukraine.
News Reports
- How Ukraine's 'Spiderweb' Drone Attacks May Change Modern Warfare RFE/RL 02 Jun 2025 -- On June 1, videos of bomb-laden quadcopters launching from trucks as fires blazed nearby spread through social media after Ukraine's Security Services launched daylight strikes on air bases throughout Russia that destroyed many of the Kremlin's long-range aircraft.
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