6<\/p>\n The Russian ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin who has been in post since November 2019Credit: The Times 6<\/p>\n Ukraine hit bombers at the Russian Belaya Air Base in Irkutsk 6<\/p>\n Multiple aircraft were set ablaze at Belaya Air Base Over the weekend, Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Ukraine’s daring drone blitz<\/a> on Russian airbases as one for the “history books”.<\/p>\n It marked Kyiv’s longest range operation of the conflict so far with at least 40 aircraft being attacked as part of the expert operation codenamed “Spiderweb”.<\/p>\n In an embarrassing result for a raging Vladimir Putin 34 per cent of his cruise missile carriers at the targeted airfields were blasted, Zelensky said.<\/p>\n A \u00a3260million AWACS aircraft and bombers capable of dropping nuclear weapons were also struck.<\/p>\n Ukraine\u00a0said the sneak attack was worth $7bn (\u00a35.2bn) in damage to\u00a0Russia.<\/p>\n But Russian ambassador to the UK Kelin warned that Kyiv shouldn’t “try to engulf World War Three” in an interview with Sky News.<\/a><\/p>\n He also seemingly blamed the UK for potentially providing Ukraine with weaponry that could have been used during the weekend attacks.<\/p>\n He said: “[This] kind of attack involves, of course, provision of very high technology, so-called geospaced data, which only can be done by those who have it in possession. <\/p>\n “And this is London and Washington.<\/p>\n “I don’t believe that America [is involved], that has been denied by President Trump, definitely, but it has not been denied by London.<\/p>\n Baby among 5 dead as Putin unleashes strikes on Ukraine hours after revenge vow<\/p>\n “We perfectly know how much London is involved, how deeply British forces are involved in working together with Ukraine.”<\/p>\n US President Donald Trump has spent the past few months since he returned to office trying to balance his relationship with both Moscow and Kyiv.<\/p>\n In his latest attempt to draw both sides closer to a ceasefire he spoke with Putin over the phone in a 75 minute call.<\/a><\/p>\n Trump revealed that the despot made it clear he feels he \u201cwill have to respond\u201d to the audacious drone assault.<\/p>\n It comes as The Sun laid out the\u00a0six possible methods Putin may use<\/a>\u00a0to respond to the enemy.<\/p>\n The\u00a0tyrant could retaliate with one of his\u00a0terrifying tactical nukes, launch a deadly 7,600mph missile or even order a renewed 50,000 troop assault to\u00a0overpower his enemies<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Kremlin gave a chilling response earlier today regarding how they may respond.<\/p>\n A spokesperson said: “Russian Federation will respond to the attack on airfields when and in the way that the military deems appropriate.”<\/p>\n And overnight, Vlad already launched his first retaliatory\u00a0strikes\u00a0on several residential regions.<\/p>\n The worst saw a\u00a0baby, their mum and grandma all killed<\/a>\u00a0due to a Shahed kamikaze drone blast which caused their home to collapse.<\/p>\n Two others were also found dead in Chernihiv\u00a0with another 17 seriously wounded in Kharkiv.<\/p>\n Inside Operation Spiderweb<\/p>\n By Foreign News Reporter,<\/a>\u00a0James Halpin<\/strong><\/p>\n UKRAINE’S shock sleeper drone blitz on Russia’s bomber fleet has delivered a hammer blow to Vladimir Putin’s nuclear arsenal.<\/strong><\/p>\n The SAS-style strike against\u00a0four airfields deep inside Russia<\/a>\u00a0is reminiscent of the most daring raids of the\u00a0WW2\u00a0that turned the tide against the\u00a0Nazis.<\/p>\n Volodymyr Zelensky\u00a0oversaw Operation Spiderweb – much like\u00a0Winston Churchill\u00a0did as Britain struck deep behind enemy lines.<\/p>\n Putin’s\u00a0doomsday bomber\u00a0fleet is now crippled with 41, or a third, of his most prized aircraft lying in smouldering wrecks on tarmac.<\/p>\n Ukraine said the sneak attack was worth $7bn (\u00a35.2bn) in damage to Russia – caused by only 117 cheaply made drones.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s spies spent 18 months putting the plan into action and struck on the eve of\u00a0fresh peace talks in Istanbul<\/a>.<\/p>\n The drones and the containers were smuggled into Russia separately and were pieced together right under\u00a0Vlad’s\u00a0nose.<\/p>\n Clueless lorry drivers then parked the containers next to Russian airbases – where they sat and waited in plain sight.<\/p>\n Then, on the morning of June 1, the fleet of flying bombs rose over the far reaches of Russia – and the most daring military operation of the war began.<\/p>\n Nondescript shipping containers parked in laybys and verges had attracted little attention – before their lids blew open and the drone swarms poured out.<\/p>\n The craft buzzed as they took off into the air and only had to travel a short distance to their valuable targets.<\/p>\n Each of the 117 drones had their own dedicated pilot and Russia had little defences to protect their bases and stop them.<\/p>\n Drones with cameras sent video back to HQ in Ukraine of 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