US EditionUkraine Hid Drones in Wooden Sheds to Attack Russian Air Bases, Official Says
- Ukrainian secret services launched an explosive drone attack on four Russian air bases on Sunday, including the Belaya base in Siberia.
- The operation, code-named Spider's Web, required a special scheme because the bases were over 4,300 km from the front lines, beyond Ukraine's drone and missile range.
- Ukrainian operatives hid around 120 explosive-laden drones inside wooden sheds transported by truck and remotely launched them to target 41 Russian warplanes, including strategic bombers.
- The attack caused estimated damages of $7 billion, destroyed about one-third of Russia's air missile carrier fleet, and was personally overseen by President Zelenskiy.
- This sophisticated cross-border raid has been compared to the 1941 Pearl Harbor strike, highlighting Ukraine’s long-range operational capabilities and marking a strategic setback for Russia.
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Ukraine hid drones in wooden sheds to attack Russian air bases, official says
Ukrainian secret services were able to attack strategic bomber aircraft at Russian air bases on Sunday by hiding explosive-laden drones inside the roofs of wooden sheds, according to a Ukrainian security official.
The large-scale attack by Ukrainian drones on Russian air bases thousands of miles behind the front lines is the latest in a long series of bold missions by Ukrainian forces against their giant neighbor. The operation, which took more than a year and a half to prepare, involved smuggling drones into Russian territory and hiding them in mobile wooden houses on trucks, according to an SBU source, Ukraine’s internal intelligence agency. The attacks…
The ambush prepared for over a year would have decimated the strategic fleet. Also hit two railways: 7 dead. Zelensky: "A perfect operation" ...
For this operation, prepared for more than a year, drones had been smuggled into Russia, hidden in wooden structures placed on trucks.
The Aitelly project released the video on its YouTube channel. The video shows in detail a unique drone launch system developed by Ukrainian engineers. It was disguised as ordinary wooden containers mounted on trucks.” These mobile containers looked like simple frame structures for agricultural needs, but inside contained reinforced structures, hidden launch platforms, battery charging stations and remotely controlled mechanisms on the roof,” Ai…
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