Onslaught comes on eve of peace talks in Istanbul
WND By Joe Kovacs
Ukraine secretly smuggled a large number of drones into Russia to carry out a large-scale attack on Moscow’s military aircraft Sunday, according to numerous reports.
The Kyiv Independent reports: “An operation by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) using FPV drones smuggled deep into Russian and hidden inside trucks has hit 41 Russian heavy bombers at four airfields across the country,” a source in the agency told the news outlet.
A year-and-a-half in the planning, the operation codenamed “Web” is said to be a major blow to the aircraft Russia uses to launch long-range missile attacks on Ukraine’s cities.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukraine Attacks Russian Strategic Nuclear Assets on Eve of Istanbul Negotiations
Just before planned talks in Istanbul, Ukraine has massively escalated the conflict by targeting key Russian strategic military sites.
Using trucks loaded with FPV drones, Ukrainian forces… pic.twitter.com/ervaz81VOE
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“The SBU first transported FPV drones to Russia, and later on the territory of the Russian Federation, the drones were hidden under the roofs of mobile wooden houses, already placed on trucks,” the source said.
“At the right moment, the roofs of the houses were opened remotely, and the drones flew to hit Russian bombers.”
Two days prior to talks in Istanbul Ukraine has carried out one of its most daring attacks in Russia, the air base in Olenya, destroying strategic bombers (nearly on live simulcast): pic.twitter.com/W2pHLyYt8T
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“SBU drones are practicing on aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night. Currently, more than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3,” the source added.
Meanwhile, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday his nation is dispatching a delegation to Istanbul for a fresh round of peace talks with Russia on Monday, even as both sides continued their military pounding.
Russian milblogger Roman Alekhine laments that today’s attack on Russia’s strategic aviation has enabled Ukraine to “greatly strengthened its positions today” for tomorrow’s “peace talks” in Istanbul. pic.twitter.com/i9SNeG7ks7
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“I outlined (Ukraine’s) positions ahead of the meeting in Istanbul on Monday,” Zelensky wrote on Telegram.
His delegation would once again be headed by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
