{"id":21232,"date":"2025-06-02T08:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T12:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=21232"},"modified":"2025-06-02T08:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T12:32:20","slug":"russian-pearl-harbor-moscow-stunned-after-ukrainian-drones-hit-5-bases-destroy-40-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=21232","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Russian Pearl Harbor\u2019: Moscow stunned after Ukrainian drones hit 5 bases, destroy 40 aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21233\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-02-at-8.31.31-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-02-at-8.31.31-AM.png 594w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-02-at-8.31.31-AM-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Ukrainian forces destroyed more than 40 aircraft and struck five separate Russian air bases in a surprise assault Sunday that represented one of the most devastating, embarrassing blows to Moscow\u2019s war machine since its war with Kyiv began more than three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>One prominent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/armed-forces-of-the-russian-federation\/\">Russian military<\/a>\u00a0blogger dubbed the assault the \u201cRussian Pearl Harbor,\u201d as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/armed-forces-of-the-russian-federation\/\">Russian military<\/a>\u00a0insiders appeared stunned that their country\u2019s military and security services could\u2019ve missed such a brazen, ambitious operation. The attacks came just a day before representatives from the two nations met for another round of ceasefire negotiations in Turkey on Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"piano-newsletter-inline-in-article\"><\/div>\n<p>The assault appeared to borrow from Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s playbook: Conduct a major attack on the eve of peace talks in an effort to put substantial pressure on the other side and demonstrate your ability to inflict major damage on the enemy.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2025\/jun\/2\/russian-pearl-harbor-moscow-stunned-ukrainian-drones-hit-5-bases\/\">https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2025\/jun\/2\/russian-pearl-harbor-moscow-stunned-ukrainian-drones-hit-5-bases\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}