Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported on Sunday that over a third of all Russian missile carriers have been hit in a coordinated drone attack aimed at different airfields in Russia located thousands of kilometres apart.
More than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95, and Tu-22 M3, causing overall damage of more than €6 billion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “Operation Spiderweb” had made “an absolutely brilliant result” which was “achieved solely by Ukraine.”
The Ukrainian president also shared more details on how the operation was carried out, explaining that 117 drones had been used, each with its own pilot.
“The most interesting thing — and we can already say this publicly — is that the ‘office’ of our operation on Russian territory was located right next to the FSB (Federal Security Service) of Russia, in one of their regions,” he said in a post on Telegram.
In a major blow to Russia’s security services, Zelenskyy said Ukraine managed not only to execute the operation but also to safely withdraw the people involved. They were operating “in different Russian regions — in three time zones.”
“Our most long-range operation. Our people involved in preparing the operation were withdrawn from Russian territory in time,” he explained.
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