34% of Russian strategic missile bombers at main airfields damaged in Ukrainian drone operation, SBU reports

https://kyivindependent.com/34-of-russian-strategic-missile-carriers-worth-7-billion-damaged-in-ukrainian-drone-operation-sbu-reports/

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  4. Three years in and Russia not only doesn’t have air superiority in Ukraine but can’t even keep their planes safe deep within Russia.

  5. Russia won’t be able to replace the vast number of these losses since it lacks the capability to produce them. What a crushing defeat for Putin and his cronies!

  7. Ukraine is neutering the Russian Air Force the same way they neutered the Black Sea fleet. Expect Russia to move existing assets further away to try and keep them safe.

  8. Look at the great lengths Ukraine goes to in order to hit military targets in Russia. Russia meanwhile just lob missiles into urban areas in Ukraine.

  11. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy just released the following statement:

    The “office” of our operation on the territory of the Russian Federation was located directly next to the FSB department of Russia in one of their regions.”

    Adding insult to injury. Cool, even if not true, because it will plays with their heads.

  12. “*Everyone on Twitter is scared. They all fear that now, out of humiliation, Russia may want to use their nuclear weapons. I am not scared though. They showed some pictures of the nuclear launch facilities in Russia on the media. And in each one I could see a truck parked nearby. And they all looked like they were unloading cute little garden sheds…*”

  13. Say goodbye to START treaty:
    ” START Treaty’s verification regime is designed to ensure **continuous observability** of strategic nuclear delivery systems via satellites. Hiding strategic airplanes would directly violate:

    * **Article V** (non-interference with NTM),
    * **Notification requirements**, and
    * **Inspection protocols**.

    Thus, both Russia and the U.S. are **prohibited from systematically concealing treaty-accountable aircraft from satellite surveillance.”**

  14. That’s an insane amount, right? Seems insane if true.

  16. The North Korean Sopwith Camel will be on their way to replace that modern fang dango stuff.

  17. Ukraine is adapting rapidly and dynamically changing how war is waged. I hope other nations are watching, especially those with supposed technological and numerical superiority, because the ground has shifted dramatically: IED’s can fly, now. Fences and distance don’t matter. Reconnaissance (and propaganda) can be done quickly, cheaply, and in real time.

  21. Putler calling Tramp: “What the hell am I paying you for?”.

  22. Anyone wondering what else was snuck into Russia in the last 18 months besides this? I doubt the Ukrainians shot their full load on one go… next few months should be interesting.

  23. That’s a great percentage, earlier I was thinking maybe 10% at best but 1/3 of the bombers are damaged is amazing. Great and creative work by Ukraine. F russia

  26. So any chance of a sequel in the near future? Still 66% of targets remain.

  28. Fucking amazing, I’d buy 1000 pints of Guinness for all involved.

  29. The world will be a safer place thanks to what Ukraine did.

  30. As Panzergeneral Freuding says, whenever the military leader has the opportunity to take the initiative, he must seize it.

  31. Could be more but one drone truck allegedly caught fire during its way to one of airbases.

  32. Think how much trouble and how expensive it is to TRY to defend against these types of attacks. Many people around the world just had a terrible idea.

  36. So the next interstellar missle will be launched soon. Hopefully without a nuclear warhead

  37. Holy fuck, this is massive. Not to mention the huge blow to morale for the Russian fleet and a boost for Ukraine.

  38. Does that match the ’40’ number that the SBU put out earlier?

  39. The most successful attack during the Ukraine war. The most successful drone attack in history. The Ukrainian intelligence far exceeds the Russians that is clear.

  40. I’ll wait for the confirmation of the ISW before I celebrate.

  41. There is no replacement for Intelligence-Based Operations (IBO). What Ukraine did was IBO on steroids. The truckers didn’t know what they were carrying and it looks to me like they were either tricked to stop or trucks malfunctioned right next to Russian air bases. Insane!

  42. Damn the people of Ukraine know how to fight.

    It’s really impressive

  43. Are we on day three yet of the special military operation?

  44. The best part about this is that those fleets were already being pushed too hard for the maintenance ability of the Russians and now the remaining aircraft are going to be pushed even harder to the point where they simply won’t have any operational aircraft soon. I think the US keeps about a 1/3 of it’s fleet out for maintenance at any given time and that’s with unlimited super power monopoly money to spend and the technical know how to keep things running.

    This could be the end of a whole bunch of aircraft not even touched by the attack.

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