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How Ukraine pulled off an audacious attack deep inside Russia Months of planning went into a covert operation that relied on cheap, short-range drones By Mike Collett-White, Prasanta Kumar Duttaand Mariano Zafra Published June 4, 2024 11:00 AM EDT Three days after Ukraine launched its most complex attack against Russia since the full-scale war began, details of how it was carried out and the damage it caused to Russia’s strategic bomber fleet are still emerging. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiydescribed the operation, dubbed “Spider’s Web”, as “absolutely brilliant”, although the extent of Russian military losses remains unclear. On Wednesday, he said that of the 41 planes … Continue reading content
