On Sunday, June 1, the safety Service of Ukraine carried out in the territory of the Murmanski, Ivanowski, Irkutsky and Riyazansk regions of the Russian Federation a peculiar operation “The Web”, resulting in dozens of Russian strategical aircraft being destroyed at the airports “Olenia”, “Belaja”, “Diagilevo” and “Ivanovo”. Portal ZNUA collected reactions from planet media that actively commented on this operation of Ukraine.
Columnist The Washington PostMax Boot compares the operation with the attack on Pearl Harbor erstwhile Japan unexpectedly attacked the American naval and air base. According to him, Russian generals were most likely as shocked as the Americans were in 1941. Boot called Operation SBU “The Web” “a superb and brave”. In his opinion, it was intended to compensate for the fact that Ukraine was moving out of ammunition for Patriot's air defence systems. The writer emphasizes that Kiev changed the rules of war.
“Just as Pearl Harbor was a signal that Japan would be a much more dangerous opponent than most Western societies expected, the Sunday attack one more time shows that the Ukrainians proved to be much more resilient and flexible in the fight than anyone expected before the start of the full-scale invasion of Russia over 3 years ago,” the writer stressed.
In another article The Washington Post notes that the Sunday attack was 1 of the deepest hits in Russian facilities, and the operation itself shows that Kiev found a way to attack previously unavailable targets. According to US journalists, the impact importantly affected Moscow's ability to usage maneuvering rockets and exposed weaknesses in the Russian safety apparatus, which should prevent acts of sabotage.
CNN describes Operation “The Web” as “one of the most daring and sophisticated” Ukrainian attacks since the beginning of the war. It has been indicated that the attacks are to send a signal to Russia that Ukraine is inactive able to exert pressure, even though it has been over 3 years since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
The fresh York Times He writes that the attack on Russian bombers was “one of the largest” and Ukrainian drones first reached Siberia.
“If the scale of harm is confirmed, this attack will become the most devastating hit of Ukrainian drones since the beginning of the war”, he notes The Guardian.
Sky News emphasises that governments around the planet will pay attention to how inexpensive drones destroyed costly Russian aircraft. According to defence and safety editor Deborah Haynes, now any military base, airport and warship may be more susceptible if any truck close can be loaded with deadly drones.
The Telegraph believes that the Sunday attack showed Kiev to have its “cards”, despite statements by Donald Trump. According to British journalists, Ukrainian drone attacks have compromised not only Putin, but besides the president of the United States. It was stressed that despite the gloomy predictions from Washington, Kiev is inactive in the fight.
That Ukrainian strikes are “tender cards” Ukraine in negotiations with Moscow, writes besides BBC. It has been noted that Operation “The Web” just before talks in Istanbul showed that Kiev has its tools of pressure.
In turn, Austrian colonel and analyst Markus Reisner assessed that the Sunday strikes of Ukraine importantly weakened the military capabilities of the Russian air force and could have serious consequences for Moscow's atomic strategy. In his opinion, the unexpected operation of the SBU is simply a large shame for Putin and the Russian army – now the leader of the Kremlin must explain to the Russians how the attacks were allowed.
Let us remind you, SBU chief Vasil Maluk reported that on Sunday Ukraine destroyed 41 Russian strategical aviation aircraft, including Tu-95, Tu-160, Tu-22 M3 and A-50. According to him, the SBU operation was highly complex in terms of logistics and was carried out simultaneously in 3 time zones.
Source: ZN
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