Russian Military to Decide Response to Ukrainian Strike, Kremlin Says
Dmitry Peskov. X/ @Shadi_Alkasim
June 5, 2025 Hour: 8:36 am
Peskov confirmed that President Putin discussed this issue during a phone call with Donald Trump.
On Thursday, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the military will determine how and when to respond to the recent Ukrainian strike on Russia’s strategic aviation.
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He also confirmed that President Vladimir Putin discussed this issue on Wednesday during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump.
This marked the first official Russian comment on the matter after the U.S. president said Wednesday that Putin had told him he plans to respond to the recent Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory.
“It was a good conversation, but not one that will lead to immediate peace. President Putin stated very firmly that he will have to respond to the recent strike on the airfields,” Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social.
Shortly after posting the message, the Republican deleted it for unknown reasons before reposting it later without any changes. During the call, Trump told Putin that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had not informed him in advance of the strike on Russia’s strategic aviation bases.
Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Russia would repair the equipment damaged in the attacks on the airfields, which took place over the weekend.
“The equipment in question, as already stated by the Defense Ministry, was not destroyed, but damaged. And it will be restored,” he said, urging the public not to trust information released by Kyiv about the consequences of the attack, including claims that around 40 Russian strategic aircraft were hit.
According to Russian military bloggers, a dozen strategic aircraft were damaged in the weekend drone strike on military airfields in Murmansk, in northern Russia, and in Siberia.
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Source: EFE