Overview
- Ukraine carried out a deep drone incursion that damaged or destroyed more than 40 grounded warplanes in Russian territory.
- Kyiv’s intelligence service says the operation took over 18 months to plan and struck key strategic bomber bases.
- Fox News analyst Brit Hume called the raid a major setback for Moscow and an “embarrassing” intelligence and defense failure.
- In February, former President Trump told President Zelensky at the White House that Ukraine “didn’t have any cards” against Russia without U.S. backing.
- The high-impact strike highlights Ukraine’s expanding military capabilities in its fourth year of conflict with Russia.