After employing smuggled drones to perform a series of daring raids against 40 Russian jets at four military locations, Ukraine claims to have finished its largest long-range attack of the conflict with Russia on Sunday. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, the SBU security service launched a “Spider’s Web” operation with 117 drones, hitting “34% of [Russia’s] strategic cruise missile carriers.”
The strikes, which used drones concealed in wooden mobile cabins with remotely controlled roofs on trucks, were moved close to the airbases and then shot “at the right time,” according to SBU officials who previously told BBC News that the planning process took a year and a half.
Authorities in Ukraine, meanwhile, claimed a significant drone and missile strike on their territory throughout the night. This occurs as a second round of peace negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian officials is scheduled to begin Monday in Istanbul, Turkey.
Expectations are low since the two opposing groups are still at odds over how to conclude the conflict. In February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Approximately 20% of Ukrainian land is presently under Moscow’s authority, including the 2014 annexation of the southern Crimea peninsula.
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