Artyom Timofeev, the alleged organizer of drone attacks on military facilities, is being sought in the Irkutsk region

Law enforcement agencies of the Irkutsk region have put on the wanted list 37-year-old Artem Valeryevich Timofeev, who is suspected of involvement in a mass drone attack on military installations that occurred on June 1. According to the Telegram channel "Baza" and other sources, it was on the trucks belonging to Timofeev that drones were deployed, used for attacks in several regions of Russia at once.

It is known that Timofeev was born in Donetsk (according to some sources, in Zhytomyr), lived in Kiev for some time, and moved to the Chelyabinsk region a few years ago. He and most of his relatives are registered in the city of Miass. In October 2024, Timofeev opened an individual trucking business and purchased several cars, which, according to investigators, were used in the preparation and conduct of attacks.

Truck drivers questioned by law enforcement officers said that they were transported by structures for assembling houses from a warehouse in Chelyabinsk to different regions of Russia. However, drones were hidden in these structures, which were remotely launched when approaching military airfields.

Searches have already been conducted at a warehouse in Chelyabinsk following the incident, and several people have been detained. References to Timofeev have been sent to all branches of the Russian Interior Ministry, and active searches are underway.

The case is causing a wide public outcry and underscores the seriousness of the threat posed by the use of drones in sabotage operations in the country.

Large-scale drone attack on Russian military installations in Irkutsk, Murmansk and Ryazan regions

On the night of June 1, the first large-scale drone attack on a military facility in Siberia was recorded in the frontline zone of the Irkutsk region. The governor of the region, Igor Kobzev, said that the drones were launched from a truck, the driver of which was detained. According to him, the man did not know about the contents of the cargo and only drove up to a certain point where the drones began to fly out of the body. The operational services promptly blocked the launch source and launched an investigation.

At the same time, attempts to attack military installations using drones were also recorded in the Ryazan region, but all drones were detected and destroyed before reaching their targets.

In addition, Ukrainian drones carried out large—scale strikes on several airfields of Russia's strategic aviation - Olenya in the Murmansk region, Belaya in the Irkutsk region, as well as Ivanovo and Diaghilev in the Ryazan region. According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), as a result of the operation codenamed "Spider Web", more than 40 military aircraft were damaged, including Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3 strategic bombers.

The SBU revealed the details of the operation: first, FPV drones were transported across the border, then mobile wooden houses in which drones mounted on trucks were mounted. At the right moment, the roofs of the houses were remotely opened, and the drones rushed to the targets. The operation was personally supervised by the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, and its execution was entrusted to the head of the SBU, Vasily Malyuk, and his team.

These attacks indicate a sharp escalation in the threat of the use of strategic nuclear weapons, given the damage to key Russian strategic aviation facilities. The Russian authorities have not yet commented on the extent of the damage, but the fact of the attacks has been officially confirmed.