Ukraine’s special operation “Spiderweb” that damaged 41 Russian bomber plans costed Russia $7 billion

https://gwaramedia.com/en/ukraines-special-operation-spiderweb-that-damaged-41-russian-bomber-plans-costed-russia-7-billion/

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  2. Hopefully, the more damage Ukraine inflicts on Russia brings us closer to the day Putin is no longer in charge,
    however that occurs…

  3. How long will we need to find out the confirmed value and damage done ?

  5. Technically the confirmed ones are 9 atm, generally it takes 1-2 weeks to confirm the numbers, when the gps images of the strikes become available to public

  6. Damn. Why would those idiots keep such expensive shit out in the open like that??
    Even my insurance company gives me discounts for storing car in the garage.

  7. Financial impact aside, this severely crippled Russia’s ability to wage war since they can’t just rebuild these bombers.

  8. Now that’s what you call a one day special operation. Perfect. Go Ukraine 🇺🇦.

  10. You know Ukraine is a model to the world about perseverance against a dictator whose people sit blindly there as he destroys the world. Sound familiar Americans?

  11. These are probably also irreplaceable assets. They can’t build new ones, can’t import all the parts they need even if they had the skills and industry, and China or NK are not selling them strategic bombers. Eventually they’ll gnaw every scrap of gristle off the corpse of the USSR and then they are begging China for new elastic for their slingshots because all their current slingshot elastic is rotted because somebody left it outside in the rain for twenty years.

  12. So Zellensky does have the cards, he just didn’t want Kraznov to know. Taco Kraznov would have warned Vladolf Putler had he known about:

    “THE CARDS”

  13. I wonder how much an operation like this cost to setup. Must be some insane ROI.

  14. It is very hard to even get tanks repared. So bad that they had to pull tanks from old war displays. Now, those bombers they had were old but retrofitted and will be even waaaay harder to replace.

  16. What first poped in my head is adrenaline rush for drone operators while attacking and after a succesful mission. Slava Ukrajini and drone operators. Svaka čast.

  17. *According to Military Balance+, a database of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based think tank, Russia had 54 Tu-22M3s and 58 Tu-95Ms prior to the SBU attack.*

    *“It is unclear how many of these aircraft were in working order. In Russia, old aircraft were stored for a long time and dismantled for spare parts,” the publication noted.*

    *The WSJ notes that the loss of dozens of long-range aircraft, which are crucial for Russia and its attacks against Ukraine, will seriously undermine Russia’s military power, as Russia no longer manufactures the Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 aircraft that were among those damaged*

    So before the attack, Russia had a total of 112 bombers available.

    Let’s say, conservatively, about 80% of those were actually active and not just being kept for spare parts. (I suspect the number is actually a lot lower than 80%, but let’s run with it) So that puts them at about 90 ACTIVE bombers.

    And, if these reports are true, Ukraine has destroyed 41 of them. Meaning Russia only has 49 left.

    The factories that made these planes have long been shut down and tooling to make spare parts for them doesn’t even exist anymore, therefore Russia probably needs to save the few operational aircraft they have left for a “WW3 Scenario”. Because potentially losing that strategic of an asset for a useless war in Ukraine is insanity.

    Russia had 58 TU95s if they lost 27 they as claimed by some sources that leaves 31 for use. Estimates for their operational readiness rate is 33-50%. This gives them 10-16 that are flyable at any given time. These bombers form a huge part of Russia’s nuclear triad. With so few available they may be very cautious about using them at all in Ukraine and might try to protect them at all costs.

    All this is to say, Russia might suddenly be a LOT more conservative in how they deploy these planes going forward. They simply can’t risk losing any more.

    This is a complete, unmitigated disaster for Russia. Their ability to project power has taken a massive hit, and they have no way to recover it in the near future.

  18. This is amazing. Russians and their supporters are having meltdowns over it online. They really planned this out in secret and hit them hard, I wish them nothing but more similar successes in the future.

  19. In Name of all Europe: thank you Ukraine, thank you Mr President selensky.

    Now this Military Guy can update his estimate with atleast +/- 1,5 years until russia attacks Nato.

  20. More than that, these planes are literally irreplaceable. They can’t manufacture them anymore. They were made in the cold war, before the USSR broke up. Many of them were only flying because they cannibalized a broken one for spare parts to fix the others.

  22. What is this weird obsession with a monetary amount? The damage is not in terms of dollars it’s in terms of psychological impact and capability lost.

  23. Think of all the money Russia will save in not needing pilots or maintaining these planes.

  24. That’s a significant blow 41 bombers is no small number. If the $7 billion figure is accurate, it shows how costly modern drone warfare and sabotage can be, especially deep behind enemy lines

  25. Dang they got another A-50? Apparently they only have a handful of these left and each one taken out is a pretty huge blow

  26. It’s not like Putin can go down to Walmart or order online from Amazon to buy a Blackjack or Bear strategic nuclear-capable bomber so they are worth far more than whatever purported nominal price these aircraft cost especially given these have not been in production since the days of the USSR. While Russia will attempt to counter the manner and methods of the attacks from this day, let’s hope the inventiveness and imagination of Ukraine means this is not a one off but rather of a taste of things to come when Putin least expect it.

  27. And was successful bc Trump was kept in the dark. Wild times

  28. The message is clear:

    “We can strike everywhere, when ever we want”

    Go Ukraine. This is a giant success

  29. Russia been kinda quiet on the matter since yesterday. What happened? Can’t take the embarsment. Where is Medvedev and his Nuclear rant when you need one here lol

  30. Think of what’s happening in the Kremlin today. Lots of screaming, blame tossing, rending of garments, I bet. Every truck to be checked, etc.

  31. I think besides the financial impact, a lot of those are irreplaceable, some because of sanctions are cutting off western parts, but some of it literally because it’s lost tech from the soviet union. Russia can produce a lot of simple tanks, a lot of artillery and a shit ton of munitions, but things like planes are much more difficult to make while under sanctions, and when you no longer produce them in factories.

    While planes don’t directly affect the fighting most of the times, this will allow to move defenses further to the front for Ukraine, as their rear infrastructure won’t be as vulnerable anymore, as those planes were used to launch missiles that would target power infrastructure and other essential infrastructure Ukraine needs to continue to produce arms and move troops.

  33. Putin could very easily stop all this by, oh I don’t know, getting the fuck out of Ukraine.

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