Russia’s Trojan horse moment and why Ukraine’s ‘Operation Spider’s Web’ upends scope of drone warfare

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Ukraine Russia military conflict: In an audacious attack that was planned for over a year and half, Ukraine carried out large scale drone attacks on multiple Russian air bases, including one in Siberia that was some 4,000 km away from the frontlines. Under its ‘Operation Spider’s Web’, a swarm of Ukrainian drones were unleashed on June 1 that attacked at least five military airbases deep inside Russia’s borders and left some 41 bomber aircraft in flames. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the operation as “an absolutely brilliant result” and said the Ukrainians’ actions will “undoubtedly be in the history books”....