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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jun 2, 2025, 01:29 PM Jun 2025

'Operation Spiderweb': How Ukraine destroyed over a third of Russian bombers

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) reported on Sunday that over a third of all Russian missile carriers have been hit in a coordinated drone attack aimed at different airfields in Russia located thousands of kilometres apart.

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The Ukrainian president also shared more details on how the operation was carried out, explaining that 117 drones had been used, each with its own pilot.

"The most interesting thing — and we can already say this publicly — is that the 'office' of our operation on Russian territory was located right next to the FSB (Federal Security Service) of Russia, in one of their regions,” he said in a post on Telegram.

In a major blow to Russia’s security services, Zelenskyy said Ukraine managed not only to execute the operation but also to safely withdraw the people involved. They were operating "in different Russian regions — in three time zones."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/operation-spiderweb-ukraine-destroyed-over-210142553.html

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'Operation Spiderweb': How Ukraine destroyed over a third of Russian bombers (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2025 OP
Three days ago, I would have called this a bad-script for a C-movie Torchlight Jun 2025 #1

Torchlight

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1. Three days ago, I would have called this a bad-script for a C-movie
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 01:33 PM
Jun 2025

It's absurd to think that a third of Moscow's LR airfleet could be destroyed in one evening consisting of no real combat. But here we are. Damn, what an operation! I'm guessing a lot of ranking staff officers will accidently fall out of windows this month.


A skeevy part of me is wondering how the online trolls will be reacting to this

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