War Russia-Ukraine: Selenskyj celebrates attacks against Russian military airports

The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj celebrated the surprise attack by his secret service SBU against several Russian military airports as “absolutely brilliant success”. This is the largely rich surgery of Ukraine in the course of the war. “A year, six months and nine days from the start of planning to effective implementation,” Selenskyj wrote on the X. He had instructed the secret service to inform the public about part of the mission.

The Ukrainian secret service SBU attacked several Russian military airports in a coordinated campaign and, according to its own representation, destroyed over 40 combat and reconnaissance aircraft. According to SBU, around 34 percent of Russian bombers were destroyed, which are able to discontinue cruise missiles. The SBU estimated the value of the damaged or destroyed bombers with $ seven billion. The information is not independent.

The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the drone attack in the early evening and spoke of “terrorist attacks” at military airports in the Iwanowo, Rjasan, Amur, Murmansk and Irkutsk regions.

The attacks in the regions of Iwanowo, Rjasan and Amur were repelled, it said from Moscow. In the Murmansk and Irkutsk regions, “some” aircraft through drone attacks caught fire, the Russian Ministry of Defense put the effects of the attacks. The fires were therefore deleted. There were no injuries among military members or civilians.

Kyiv calls attack “Aktion Spinnsnetz”

According to Ukrainian information, the Tupolew TU-95, TU-22 TU-22 TU-22 type and special early warning aircraft Berijew A-50 were destroyed. According to officially unconfirmed reports, the Ukrainian secret service started fight drones that were launched by hiding places in wooden houses that were loaded on truck. “At the right time, the roofs were opened remotely and the drones flew to attack Russian bombers,” it said.

Independent confirmation was not possible. The Ukrinform agency showed photos of the drones prepared for special use.

The agents involved in the campaign have already returned to Ukraine, according to the SBU and Selenskyj. If Russia reports on arrests, this claim is “only for the domestic audience”, said from the SBU. In the early evening, the Russian security forces reported that some participants had been arrested.