Ukrainian security services conducted a massive drone attack against Russian military airbases on Sunday, striking thousands of kilometres from the front line in what President Volodymyr Zelensky said was their longest-range operation ever.
The operation, code-named "Spider's Web," required months of preparation and the smuggling of drones into Russian territory.
Ukraine has claimed significant damage, but for now, it is impossible to verify independently.
A source in Ukraine's SBU security service said the coordinated attacks hit 41 aircraft used to "bomb Ukrainian cities," citing the Tu-95 and Tu-22 strategic bombers and the A-50 radar detection and command aircraft.
Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed that "several aircraft caught fire" following a drone attack at bases in the regions of Murmansk and Irkutsk in the Russian Arctic and eastern Siberia.
Ukrainians claim that some 42 aircraft were destroyed in four air bases resulting in a loss of 34 percent of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers.
The estimated damage cost is said to be $7 billion – a figure that has not yet been independently verified.
The operation, code-named "Spider's Web," required months of preparation and the smuggling of drones into Russian territory.
Ukraine has claimed significant damage, but for now, it is impossible to verify independently.
A source in Ukraine's SBU security service said the coordinated attacks hit 41 aircraft used to "bomb Ukrainian cities," citing the Tu-95 and Tu-22 strategic bombers and the A-50 radar detection and command aircraft.
Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed that "several aircraft caught fire" following a drone attack at bases in the regions of Murmansk and Irkutsk in the Russian Arctic and eastern Siberia.
Ukrainians claim that some 42 aircraft were destroyed in four air bases resulting in a loss of 34 percent of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers.
The estimated damage cost is said to be $7 billion – a figure that has not yet been independently verified.
