Ukrainian President Zelenskyy admitted responsibility for the airfield assault against Russian forces.
Copped Up for Over a Year and a Half: President Zelenskyy's Bombshell Announcement on Ukraine's Secret Drone Operation
In his nightly Telegram address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dropped a sneaky bombshell, confessing that Kyiv was behind a series of covert drone attacks on Russian airfields, as per RIA Novosti. With a mischievous grin, he boasted, "We've been cooking this up for over a year and a half."
The operation was masterminded by the SBU's big kahuna, Vasyl Malyuk, according to Zelenskyy. A whopping 117 drones were used in these stealthy incursions.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reviled an attempt at orchestrating a terroristic incident using FPV (First-Person View) drones in five regions:
- Murmansk Oblast - Irkutsk Oblast - Ivanovo Oblast - Ryazan Oblast - Amur Oblast
The ministry reported that the defenses thwarted the attacks on airfields in Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur Oblasts. Heated flare-ups ensued in Murmansk and Irkutsk Oblasts, which were speedily extinguished, leaving the personnel unscathed.
This announcement by Zelenskyy seems to be the first official admission of Ukraine's involvement in grand-scale assaults on strategic Russian facilities.
## Cops Rush Chelyabinsk Warehouse Where FPV Drones Were Assembled
(Insight: Operation “Spider Web”, the secret Ukrainian operation, was a massive undertaking against Russian military targets involving FPV drones. The operation, internal code-named “Spider Web,” was executed on numerous Russian air bases across the country, including locations in Murmansk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, Irkutsk, and Amur.)
(Insight: The warehouse in Chelyabinsk, identified by Russian milbloggers, was where the drones were concealed using photos of the drones and containers before the attack and an advertisement for the warehouse rental.)
(Insight: The drones were allegedly transported to Chelyabinsk from Kazakhstan, disguised as prefabricated houses or construction materials in ISO containers. They were packed into trucks at the rented warehouse and launched from the trucks when they reached locations near the targeted airfields.)
(Insight: The investigation into the drone attacks has led to increased security measures across Russia, including arrests, searches, and enhanced road checks. While several suspects have been interrogated, including the drivers who transported the drones, specific details about arrests related to the Chelyabinsk warehouse raid are scant.)
Following the drone attacks, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) charged into the Chelyabinsk warehouse like a swarm of bees. Exact details of the raid's outcomes were never formally revealed, but it was part of a broader crackdown by Russian authorities in response to the attacks.
"The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB)'s raid on the Chelyabinsk warehouse could be linked to the 'Spider Web' operation, a grand-scale Ukrainian assault on Russian military targets, as reported by various news outlets, such as war-and-conflicts sections and general-news platforms. The operation, involving FPV drones, was executed on multiple Russian air bases, including those in regions named in the raid, like Murmansk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, Irkutsk, and Amur."
"Politics and international relations have escalated further due to these events, with increased security measures and arrests on both sides, bringing ongoing war-and-conflicts and general-news discussions to the forefront of global attention."
