Ukraine’s ‘Operation Spider’s Web’ strikes deep inside Russia’s borders

Summary

• Ukraine claims to have left more than 40 Russian bomber planes “burning” in a large-scale drone attack

• Drones that attacked a military base in Sredniy, Siberia, were launched from trucks, the Irkutsk governor says

• “Operation Spider’s Web” took one year-and-a-half to organise and has been overseen by Ukraine’s President Zelensky, according to his country’s security service

• Zelensky says he’s instructed the security service to release details of the operation to the public and says “these are Ukrainian actions that will undoubtedly be in history books“

• Ukraine has conducted audacious attacks on Russia before – but this is a new level, our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams writes from Kyiv

• The Russian Ministry of Defence says Ukraine carried out a “terrorist attack” in five regions but says the attacks were “repelled”