Ukraine Executes Audacious Sneak Drone Attack on Russian Warplanes Under ‘Operation Spider Web', Why India Needs to be Worried
Operation Spider Web On Sunday 1 June 2025, Ukraine executed "Spider Web," the most audacious large-scale sneak drone attack on Russian warplanes. The attack carried out via First-Person-View/FPV drone were conducted deep inside Russia, as far as Siberia. The unmanned drones were smuggled into Russia ahead of the surprise attack, then reportedly concealed in the false roofs of small houses fixed on trucks and then launched from the very same trucks positioned on roads right next to airbases within 4 or 5 km radius. Notably, these air bases are about 2,000 and 5,000 kilometres (1,243 miles and 3,107 miles) away from Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital respectively. This clandestine attack on 5 airbases by Ukraine is being called one of the most sophisticated and "spectacular" operations of the war between the two nations, now in its fourth year since Russia's 2022 invasion. On the eve of peace talks, the swarm drone attack using FPV drones on four separate airfields is s...