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Operation Spider's Web
In a dramatic and surprise operation on June 1, 2025, Ukrainian intelligence and special operations personnel infiltration approximately 100 one-way attack drones and destroyed about $7 billion USD in aircraft. The operation took 18 months to coordinate and prepare.
News Articles
August 22, 2025, "Smuggling for the Motherland? Using Ukraine's Criminal Organizations Against Russia", by Katharine Petrich, Small Wars Journal.
June 25, 2025, "Operation Spider's Web and the Future of Asymmetric Warfare", by Ben Jebb and Don Edwards, Irregular Warfare Initiative.
June 6, 2025, "Ukraine's Operation Spider's Web is a game-changer for modern drone warfare. NATO should pay attention", by Katja Bego, Chatham House. The use of cheap drones strike targets deep within Russia provides a blueprint for rapidly evolving modern warfare that should inform how states seek to defend themselves.
June 6, 2025, "The Aftermath of Operation Spider's Web and what it means for the US military", by Jeff Schogol, Task & Purpose. Ukraine recently launched drones against airfields thousands of miles inside Russia - and it has experts concerned about the U.S. military's ability to defend against such an attack.
June 5, 2025, "Ukraine's Operation Spider Web Upended Traditional Rules of War", by Benjamin Jensen, American University.
June 3, 2025, "The Kremlin - Snared by the Spider's Web", by Roman Sheremeta, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). Ukraine's bold and unprecendented drone attack on Russia's strategic bomber fleet has done far more than material damage. Its effects will be felt for years.
June 2, 2025, "How Ukraine's Operation "Spider's Web" Redefines Asymmetric Warfare", by Kateryna Bondar, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).
References
Operation Spiderweb - WikipediA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Spiderweb
Operation Spider Web: Strategic Analysis, European
Security, June 3, 2025.
https://european-security.com/operation-spider-web/
Videos
June 20, 2025, "Operation Spider's Web and the Future of
War", Foreign Policy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1-GNqlRz64
June 4, 2025, "Inside Operation Spider's Web, Ukraine's
Sneak Attack on Russian Airfields", New York Times
Podcasts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QuEsa78P5g
Podcasts
June 20, 2025, "Putting Operation Spider's Web in Context", by Ben Connable, Irregular Warfare Initiative.
June 4, 2025, "Inside Operation Spider's Web", The Daily - The New York Times. Marc Santora is the guest on this podcast about the Ukraine attack on Russian airfields using drones.
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