Posted on 06/01/2025 12:42:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone attack has destroyed more than 40 Russian planes deep in Russia’s territory, Ukraine’s Security Service said on Sunday, while Moscow pounded Ukraine with missiles and drones just hours before a new round of direct peace talks in Istanbul.
A military official, who spoke with the Associated Press on condition of anonymity to disclose operational details, said the far-reaching attack took more than a year and a half to execute and was personally supervised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The military source said it was an “extremely complex” operation, involving the smuggling of first-person view, or FPV, drones to Russia, where they were then placed in mobile wooden houses.
“Later, drones were hidden under the roofs of these houses while already placed on trucks. At the right moment, the roofs of the houses were remotely opened, and the drones flew to hit Russian bombers,” the source said.
Social media footage shared by Russian media appeared to show the drones rising from inside containers while other panels lay discarded on the road. One clip appeared to show men climbing onto a truck in an attempt to halt the drones.
The drones hit 41 planes stationed at military airfields on Sunday afternoon, including A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22M aircraft, the official said. Moscow has previously used Tupolev Tu-95 and Tu-22 long-range bombers to launch missiles at Ukraine, while A-50s are used to coordinate targets and detect air defenses and guided missiles.
The Security Service of Ukraine said that the operation, which it codenamed “Web”, had destroyed 34% of Russia’s fleet of air missile carriers with damages estimated at $7 billion. The claim could not be independently verified.
Russia’s Defense Ministry in a statement confirmed the attacks, which damaged aircraft and sparked fires on air bases...
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I guess that we should all just bend over and let Putin have his way with us.
Not a big fan o self-awareness, are ya?
It’s always a possibility!
According to Jane’s, each Tu 22 bomber is worth $100-300m per copy. At 40 aircraft, thats a lot of potatoes. I’ll let you do the math. The biggest shoe to drop is these are not replaceable. They quit making the bears and backfire bombers in the 50s.
Not all were Tu 22 bombers. There were a number of propeller bear bombers.
Ukraine has clearly show that all military and industrial targets like refineries, are legitimate targets and cannot be protected against this type of attack. I hope Hegseth is paying attention. Islamic cells here in the U.S. could take out our refineries in a heartbeat and there is nothing that can be done about it short of being proactive and kick out all Islamic people.
Trump can do this by declaring martial law. By doing so, individual rights are suspended and the courts have no say. He can also use Section 8, SS 1324 to arrest all Islamic supporters nationwide including democrats at all levels of government and academia. In 30 days, he could change the electorate for the next 50 years.
They also blew up two bridges and wrecked a train with many civilian deaths. The airfields attacks might be cause for a nuke strike.If Russia used low yield nukes on Kiev—should the USA launch all we have on Russia. Then wait for the Russian subs to counter strike>?
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