Nato warplanes scrambled as Putin savages Ukraine AGAIN with huge overnight missile blitz hitting infamous Snake Island
RAINING HELL Nato warplanes scrambled as Putin savages Ukraine AGAIN with huge overnight missile blitz hitting infamous Snake Island
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NATO scrambled warplanes on Ukraine's border overnight amid huge Russian strikes on multiple cities.
Drones and missiles were launched at Kyiv as Russia's Tu-22M3 strategic bombers were unleashed to rain hell on the infamous Snake Island in the Black Sea.
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Russia launched a mass kamikaze drone attack on Ukraines Kharkiv region in the early hours of 9 June 2025
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Ukraine strikes Russian plant in Cheboksary, key supplier of Iskander, drone and cruise missile electronics
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A Polish MiG-29 (file picture)
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Moscow launched a massive strike on Rivne using its Tu-22M3 and Tu-95MS strategic bombers to hit Dubny airbase.
The planes are among those destroyed last week in Kyiv's daring Operation Spiderweb.
Another key Ukrainian military airport - Hostomel - was also attacked as Putin sought revenge for the humiliating attack.
Polish armed forces command said Nato fighter jets were patrolling due to 'intensive air attack by the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territory'.
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