‘Our Longest Range Operation’: Ukrainian President Zelancesi ‘great’ drone strike on Russia

Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelancesi on Sunday praised the deep drone strike inside Russia, called it “brilliant results” and an important moment in the war.Operation, in making more than one and a half years, targets several Russian military aerial areas, destroying more than 40 aircraft, including bombers and monitoring aircraft. It said that Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) called the most comprehensive strike on Russian Earth, which was fully done by Ukrainian forces.“A absolutely luxurious result. A result was achieved only by Ukraine.” Zelancesi posted on the social media platform X.“Our longest distance operation,” said, “Our people involved in preparing the operation were withdrawn from the Russian region in time.”Thanking General Vasil Malik, head of Ukraine’s security service, Zelancesi said that success would be remembered as a defined chapter in war, “These are Ukrainian actions that will undoubtedly be in history books.”A mission called Operation Spider Web allegedly destroyed 41 Russian aircraft, including strategic Tupolev TU -95 and TU -22M bombers, aircraft often used by Moscow to launch missile attacks on Ukraine. In addition, the hit A -50, an important aerial initial warning system was used to coordinate the missile strike.According to a senior Ukrainian military official who spoke to AP, the operation was “extremely complex”. Ukraine’s Security Service stated that the operation damaged an estimated $ 7 billion and destroyed Russia’s 34% air missile carrier fleet. However, these claims are not independently verified.Zelansky also said that 117 drones were deployed in a large -scale attack.“A total of 117 drones were used in the operation,” Zelanski quoted AFP as saying in a statement. And a similar number of drone operators worked. “The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed attacks on the Irskutsk and Murmansk at a distance of more than 4,000 km from Ukraine, and said other strikes in Amur, Ivanovo and Rezan were removed.The drone strike is fine from a new round of direct peace talks between Kiev and Moscow in Istanbul on Monday. “Ukraine is defending himself, and well,” Zelansky said. “We are doing everything to Russia to feel the need to end this war. Russia starts this war, Russia should end it. Glory for Ukraine!”