Russian bomber attacked by Ukraine in Operation Spiderweb relocated to Chukotka — which borders Alaska

One of the Tu-160 strategic long-range bombers previously stationed at Russia’s Belaya air base has been relocated to the Anadyr airbase in Chukotka following a behind-the-lines Ukrainian drone strike carried out as part of Operation Spiderweb. The report was originally shared by the Ukrainian open source intelligence (OSINT) project AviVector on X (formerly Twitter).

According to AviVector, Russia dispersed its fleet of Tu-160 bombers across multiple locations after the attack. One of the aircraft arrived at the Anadyr airbase from Belaya at 23:59 UTC on June 4. The base is located on the Yakutia Peninsula — roughly 6,750 kilometers (close to 4,200 miles) from the Russia-Ukraine border and 660 kilometers (410 miles) from the border with the United States.

The Tu-160's former base, Belaya, is itself located in the Irkutsk Region in southeastern Siberia — over 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) from Ukraine.