Ukraine’s deep strike raises concerns for future of high-tech warfare [COMMENTARY]
Building on each success, Ukrainian intelligence services are gradually upping the ante in the field. Obviously, the Russo-Ukrainian War will not go down in history only as the most devastating war in Europe since WWII, but also as a war marked by pinpoint operations orchestrated by the Ukrainian intelligence services.
At the outbreak of the war, the Ukrainian intelligence service remained in the minds of many for the assassinations of commanders or collaborators behind the enemy front lines. Raising the stakes, they blew up the Crimean Bridge with a precise operation that stunned everyone. However, the operation dubbed “Spider Web,” conducted on June 1, outshone all of them.
Thus, in a single day, on June 1, Ukraine managed to destroy about 40 aircraft, including heavy bombers and an AWACS, stationed at bases tucked deep inside Russia. By one estimate, the operation cost Russia $7 billion and impaired 34 percent........
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