During their spat in the Oval Office in February, Donald Trump infamously told his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, ‘You don’t have the cards’ to play against Russia. It now appears that Trump could not have been more wrong if he tried. Yesterday, Ukraine inflicted a stunningly unexpected act of sabotage on Russia, directing a flotilla of explosive-laden drones at a number of airbases right across the country.
Ukraine worked across three time zones to launch 117 drones, successfully blowing up 41 nuclear-capable bomber jets at four air bases across Russia
Dubbed ‘Operation Spider’s Web’, Ukraine worked across three time zones to launch 117 drones, successfully blowing up 41 aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers, at four air bases across Russia. The attacks spanned the breadth of the country: two military bases in the Ivanovo and Ryazan regions, respectively – less than 200 miles from Moscow – were targeted, as was one base in the Arctic region of Murmansk, over 1,900 miles from Ukraine, and one in Siberia, over 3,400 miles from the conflict’s front line.
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