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Putin Promised to Make Ukraine Pay for Its Airbase Attacks. What Does He Have Left? | News Channel 3-12
- On June 1, Ukraine's SBU launched Operation Spiderweb, a mass drone strike targeting five Russian airfields deep inside Russia.
- The operation followed more than 18 months of planning and involved 117 drones covertly transported by trucks to multiple regions across Russia.
- The specially engineered SBU drones successfully penetrated Russian defenses and damaged or destroyed 41 strategic planes, among them long-range bombers like the Tu-95, Tu-22M3, Tu-160, as well as A-50 surveillance aircraft.
- The SBU estimated the damage at over $7 billion, while NATO assessed 10 to 13 planes were destroyed and Ukraine claimed roughly half of the targeted aircraft are beyond repair.
- Russia pledged to retaliate, but analysts say its response is constrained, leaving uncertainty about the scale and nature of future retribution from Moscow.
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The daring destruction of Russian strategic bombers through an operation of the Ukrainian intelligence service highlights the power of asymmetric warfare. While a stunning feat for Ukraine, the operation serves as an important reminder that the use of cheap, low-end systems can also be used against critical, vulnerable infrastructure in the West—its grid, in particular.
Ukraine’s SBU Built Secret Long-Range Drones to Strike Russian Bombers in ‘Spiderweb’ Operation
For the Operation Spiderweb, SBU engineers secretly designed, built, and deployed unique long-range drones capable of striking Russian bombers from thousands of kilometers away.
Ukraine's SBU releases fresh video of Operation Spiderweb, teases 'new surprises'
Editor's note: The story was updated with a comment by an SBU source.The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) released on June 11 a new video detailing the sequence of its mass drone strike against Russia's strategic aviation earlier this month.The Operation Spiderweb, carried out on June 1, involved 117 drones that were hidden in trucks across Russia and deployed against four air bases, some thousands of kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The s…
The Security Service of Ukraine released a new video about the special operation “Pavutin”, according to the results of which 41 military aircraft were hit at 4 Rashist airfields at once.
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