UK Historian Hails Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb as a “Modern SAS Raid”

UK Historian Hails Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb as a “Modern SAS Raid”

Operation Spiderweb—Ukraine’s bold June 2025 drone strike deep inside Russia—has drawn striking comparisons to the sabotage missions carried out by Britain’s SAS during the Second World War, according to British military historian Damien Lewis, speaking to BFBS Forces News on November 6. Lewis said the Ukrainian operation, which destroyed 41 Russian aircraft across multiple air bases, echoed the tactics of early SAS raids. “When I saw that break…