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Ukraine Reinvented Trojan Horse with Operation Spiderweb, NATO Admiral Says
- On June 1, Ukraine's Security Service conducted Operation Spiderweb, a covert drone attack on four key Russian airbases deep inside Russia.
- The operation used FPV drones hidden in trucks to strike after Kremlin threats for a large missile assault dissolved by June 1.
- The attack damaged 41 aircraft, including strategic Tu-95 and Tu-22M3 bombers, disabling about one-third of Russia's cruise missile carrier fleet.
- Admiral Pierre Vandier of NATO highlighted Ukraine’s innovative use of the Trojan Horse strategy in this operation and emphasized the importance of swiftly incorporating unmanned systems into NATO’s capabilities.
- President Zelenskyy called Operation Spiderweb a turning point that restored morale and illustrated the evolving nature of modern warfare driven by drone innovation.
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The bold operation Telaraña, a Ukrainian drone strike against Russian strategic aviation stationed in airfields located in Russian depth, has achieved a great media success. Both the complexity of the operation, and the secret in its planning and execution with the use of nurse trucks, suggest, at a minimum, the collaboration and technical support of the West. It means, without palliatives, a monumental failure of the Russian Intelligence that h…
Ukraine reinvented Trojan Horse with Operation Spiderweb, NATO admiral says
Ukraine has reinvented the Trojan Horse tactic during Operation Spiderweb inside Russia, NATO Admiral Pierre Vandier said in an interview with AFP on June 9.Kyiv's operation, conducted overnight on June 1, involved hiding first-person view (FPV) drones in trucks deep inside Russia before the attack. The operation damaged 41 aircraft, including Tu-95 and Tu-22M3 bombers — two of Russia's primary platforms for missile attacks against Ukraine, acco…
Ukraine's most reckless attack: Was NATO behind it?
The logistics, timing, and technology behind the attack raise bigger questions about who was really involved. While Western headlines celebrated Operation Spider's Web as a daring feat of Ukrainian ingenuity, a closer look reveals something far more calculated - and far less Ukrainian. This wasn't just a strike on Russian airfields. It was a test - one that blended high-tech sabotage, covert infiltration, and satellite-guided timing with the kin…
A Trojan Horse in the New, We Should Learn From Ukraine, NATO Admiral Says About Operation Spiderweb
NATO has a lot to learn from Ukraine, says French Admiral Pierre Vandier, head of NATO's Allied Command Transformation. He says the Ukrainians have shown their ingenuity and creativity in particular in the recent large-scale Operation Spiderweb, in which they used drones to destroy at least 13 military aircraft.
At the beginning of June, Ukraine carried out attacks on strategic Russian aircraft. A former DJ was said to have played a key role in what is called the "spider-toile" operation. The 37-year-old man, born in Ukraine but residing in Russia, is wanted by the Russian authorities. - Operation "spider-toile": how a 37-year-old DJ became enemy number 1 of Moscow (International).
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