President Zelenskyy congratulated Vasyl Malyuk, Head of the SSU, on the "absolutely brilliant result" of Operation 'Spider Web'.
“Preliminary estimates indicate that enemy aviation has suffered over $2 billion in damage,” the source said. “Enemy strategic bombers are burning en masse in Russia.”
41 bombers successfully attacked, apparently.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/ukraine-drone-strike-on-russian-airfield-rcna210210
They're saying they got a Beriev A-50 AEW&C plane too. There were only eight of those when the war started, and Ukraine has already taken a few out
Suchomimus on YouTube was saying he thinks it might be their only functional one which, if true, would be such a coup.
The source inside the SBU confirmed that the remarkable attack was indeed in the works for over a year and a half. According to the source, the SBU first smuggled drones into Russia, followed by mobile wooden cabins.
I guess if they'd have called it "Operation Baba Yaga" it would have been too obvious
That’s 34% of their strategic bomber force
According to this the damage was over $7 billion. - which makes more sense than $2 billion given the number of bombers hit.
It never stops being funny that Malyuk (his surname translates as baby/little boy) is built like a brick shithouse.
Maybe they call him Tiny 😂
The opposite of nominative determinism.
Congrats!
Congratulations indeed.
Our president has shit in his pants while Zelensky be sporting those arms! 💪
Seemed like he was too busy kicking Russian ass to bother saying "thank you".
Brilliant! Stellar work!
Completely amazing 😍!
That's really awesome. Go Uks!
Putin is not a happy camper right now 😭