The drone strikes on Russian air force bases weaken Moscow’s ability to wage war on its neighbor and undermine its capacity to threaten more distant rivals.

The Ukrainian "Spiderweb" operation using drones on Russian military airfields opens new strategic opportunities, according to the Ukrainian agency Unian's portal. Military expert Anatoliy Khrapchynski notes that the military can go a step further and use drones to attack Yars or Satan missile complexes.

Russia’s Defense Ministry in a statement confirmed the attacks, saying they damaged aircraft and sparked fires on air bases in the Irkutsk region, as well as the Murmansk region in the north. It said strikes were also repelled in the Amur region in Russia’s Far East and in the western regions of Ivanovo and Ryazan, the ministry said.