 "The screengrab shows a Ukrainian strike destroying Russian Iskander missile systems in the Klintsy city in Russia's Bryansk province on Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Photo: Ukraine's Ministry of Defence)")
Ukraine has said it has struck Russia’s Iskander missile systems in pre-emptive strikes.
In a post on X, the Ministry of Defence said that at least one Iskander missile launcher was destroyed and two more were likely damaged.
It said that Iskander missile systems were hit when Russia was in the process of launching those missiles at Ukraine, possibly at the capital Kyiv. It also shared the video of the strike on X.
The Ukrainian strike come shortly after Russian leader Vladimir Putin vowed to respond forcefully to the Ukrainian drone attack over the weekend. In the attack, Ukraine said it destroyed more than 40 Russian aircraft, comprising a third of the regime’s long-range, nuclear-capable bomber and surveillance fleets.
The Iskander is a short-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a range of 400-500 kilometres. It has been a mainstay of Russian missile barrages on Ukraine.
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In a statement in Ukrainian, the General Staff said that a Ukrainian missile strike in a joint operation struck the Russian missile launchers of 26th Missile Brigade of the Russian military in Klintsy city in Bryansk province.
The General Staff further said that the Ukrainian military and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the main internal intelligence agency, were part of the operation. Notably, the SBU had also led the ‘Operation Spider Web’ on the weekend in which Ukrainian drones struck five airbases in Russia and possibly a submarine base as well.