Posted on 06/04/2025 11:04:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Three days after Ukraine launched its most complex attack against Russia since the full-scale war began, details of how it was carried out and the damage it caused to Russia’s strategic bomber fleet are still emerging.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described the operation, dubbed “Spider’s Web”, as “absolutely brilliant”, although the extent of Russian military losses remains unclear. On Wednesday, he said that of the 41 planes damaged, half cannot be repaired.
The attacks targeted at least four Russian military air bases, the furthest of which from Ukraine is the Belaya base in the Siberian region of Irkutsk, around 4,850 km (3,000 miles) from Kyiv.
According to Ukrainian authorities, the operation involved 117 drones that were smuggled into Russia: they were concealed beneath the retractable roofs of wooden sheds, transported to locations close to military bases and piloted remotely to hit strategic, nuclear-capable bombers. In some cases, artificial intelligence was used to guide the drones to their target.
Ukraine’s main offensive threat in the war so far has been its long-range drones, which have struck targets deep inside Russia, including oil refineries, military bases and arms depots.
Yet, despite some technological advances and increased production, the drones have a maximum range well short of 5,000 km and can be detected as they fly into Russian air space, meaning air defences down many of them. The June 1 operation, including the attack on the Belaya air base, relied on a different threat: relatively small “kamikaze” drones launched from locations just a few kilometres away.
The element of surprise was vital, denying Russia’s military the time to move mobile air defences into place or block the drones with electronic jamming...
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Not CIA/MI6.
Riiight...
“Z” thinks Russia wouldn’t dare retaliate....now that Ukraine has a pair of 4s....instead of a pair of 3s.
Any bets on a few Russian Generals falling out of windows shortly?
Reuters warmongering.
“How Ukraine has lost half its country with no end in sight”
A Biden Operation
They sure as hell didn’t do it on their own,.
Is this the "spring offensive" that was supposed to happen last year?
Lol Trump said Putin told him Russia is going to retaliate
You really think the DEI infested CIA would be of help?
The Ukrainians are smart. The build amazing drones, including ones with fiber optic cables that string for miles and cannot be jammed.
The airbases are in google maps.
This just took ingenuity and giant balls.
“How Ukraine has lost half its country with no end in sight”
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
One thing is undeniable:
The Ukrainian people are no one’s “surrender monkeys.” Far from it—they’ve shown the world what true courage and resilience look like.
Perhaps it’s their deep-rooted heritage—descendants of Vikings, Cossacks, and freedom fighters—that fuels their fierce defense of their homeland. Against overwhelming odds, they continue to stand strong, resisting not just Russian neo-imperialism, but also the brutal forces aligned with it: Chechen Islamist militias, North Korean communist support, and the strategic backing of the Islamist regime in Iran.
These are not isolated threats. Together, they represent a coalition of anti-Western, anti-democratic powers working to crush freedom and redraw borders by force.
Yet, Ukraine fights on.
In the face of tyranny, Ukraine has become the shield of Europe — a nation that refuses to kneel in front Islamo-Communism and Neo Sovietism.
PS
Ukraine has only lost about 18% of territory. It has stayed like that for 3 year now.
Pure propaganda from one of the globalists’ purist propaganda machines.
Look, over there, it’s Chewbacca!
(That’s a reference to the “Chewbacca defense” of distraction.)
Your post has nothing to do with what I posted.
This attack will have the same impact on warfare that the battle of the ironclads had in the civil war, meaning it will change everything.
This operation was like something the Israelis would pull off.
Of course, it had to be the CIA or MI6, because the Ukrainians are a bunch of knuckle dragging Neanderthals; not as clever as their Russian cousins, right?
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