The public sentiment overwhelmingly supports Ukraine's strategic drone strikes on Russian airfields, viewing them as a display of resilience, tactical brilliance, and military ingenuity. Many commenters admire Ukraine's ability to conduct operations with precision while avoiding civilian casualties, contrasting it with Russia's strategies. A strong admiration for Ukraine's underdog resilience, symbolic success, and Ukrainian military strategies is a common theme. There are criticisms of Russian defenses and leadership, as well as disdain for international figures perceived to have sympathies with Russia.

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But seriously there doesn't even seem to be an *attempt* at defence in any of these videos. Completely silent, no rebuttal.

Absolutely awesome.

DryCloud9903

That's possibly the most uneven exchange of value in military history.

  
If they actually killed 40 aircraft split between A50s and strategic bombers, it's around $5-8bn in value. And they were killed by $3-5000 FPV drones.

  
Stunning success by Ukrainian intelligence.

HighDeltaVee

cypherpunk00001

Honestly I almost felt sorry for that last drone with nothing left to for it to hit.

FoggyPeaks

Seems like the airbase gave up once all their strategic bombers started blowing up.

Brendon----

Beautiful.


These planes were the mechanism of so much death &amp; destruction against the civilians in Ukraine... now justly destroyed (and very difficult to replace).

crg2000

What a great video to wake up to. Masterpiece.

stonk_fish

It isn't the fact of hitting them, or hitting them so deep in Russia. It's where they hit them. Hitting them right at the wing root has completely destroyed those aircraft, and they will never fly again.

topgun966

SwimmingPirate9070

Ukraine lost 40 attack drones.  They were struck by Russian strategic bombers.  :-)

RL24

The guys who pulled this off deserve our utmost respect. Heroes of Ukraine.

Due_Professional_894

BlackIceMatters

&gt;no data for 5 seconds

I love the cut from the above to a new drone feed showing planes on fire

tjc103

 🇺🇦 long live the hero’s of Ukraine 🇺🇦 

may she be a beacon of hope and freedom from tyranny for ages to come

SnooSquirrels9440

PeaceJoy4EVER

My justice boner will need emergency medical intervention soon.

Tacitblue1973

The Russians can't blame this on 'falling debris', a 'smoking accident' or even 'careless handling of ordnance'. There's no denying this whatsoever.

WotTheFook

Omg this is just amazing. Like those bombers (4 from what I can tell in this video?) are F@cking DONE. And this is just one of the bases hit, apparently. 
I mean on so many levels this was such a brilliantly conceived and executed and wildly successful operation; the destruction of billions of $ of air assets, which just happen to be irreplaceable, which also happen to be the launch platform for some of the worst terror weapons used against Ukraine's population, the operational and propaganda catastrophe for Russia (as others have pointed out they now will need to check every container coming across their borders)...
Give 'em hell, SBU 🖤🇺🇦

somethingclever1098

OdBx

$7 Billion dollars worth of bombers reduced to scrap by $800K worth of drones ops. 

*edit updated figures.

ntgco

The one ruZZian getting thrown from the third plane was awesome

LawfulnessKooky8490

Legendary carnage. And the cinematography is on point.

No_Good2794

morale


noun


mo·rale mə-ˈral 


: the mental and emotional condition (as of enthusiasm, confidence, or loyalty) of an individual or group with regard to the function or tasks at hand.


🇺🇦💪🇺🇦

Walking72

Holy shit all those losses are irreplaceable, Russia shutdown most of their strategic bomber manufacturing lines decades ago. They can barely build new tu22s in the first place.

KehreAzerith

The old school Americans are still pulling for you here in America. Nicely done.  Hip, hip Hooray for the good guys!!!!!

Adventurous-Way2824

Now they will have to start putting them even farther away, which will mean more fuel more mechanical failure, it's a beautiful death spiral for the enemy.

This is an amazing achievement, but damn.  If I was an American Airforce general today I’d be asking for hardened bunkers for *everything*.  The days of leaving anything parked on the tarmac are over.   If an enemy can destroy a multimillion dollar aircraft with drones launched by a truck *inside my territory*, then truly no airbase is safe.  

This is astonishing, but game changing too.

scottsmith_brownsbur

Perfection ... watched this imagining the Ride of the Valkyries playing as BGM.

falk42

AussieaussieKman

The tires on the wings kill me.. 😂😂😂 like come on Russia. I know Stalin wanted you all to be stupid. But dam 😂

Need_answers11

Zeberde

What are those propeller planes being hit?

SpaceEngineering

phplovesong

This is stuff of a Tom Clancy novel. The ingenuity of the Ukrainians is beyond description... 🇺🇦🌻💪🇺🇦

ImperatorDanorum

You’d think someone, anyone with a AK at least tries to shoot at the drones. Nope. My house is better protected than this.. 

This just goes to show if the UKA wants to, they can absolutely do massive damage to the Russian civilians, they just choose not to (for now) .

YesManSky

shrimpsRbugs

Also the drone is in Vibe mode, that’s the vibe we all love to see!

shkicaz

To me eyes, there is 100% some automation going on here.

twignition

Are those tires on top of the one bombers wings? I wonder why?

JustYerAverage

Vlad, i have good news and bad news......

the good news: we destroyed almost 100 ukranian drones.....

the bad news: we have some minor scratches on our airplaines....

koensch57

Endoterrik

DataGeek101

Love that first video where the drone just takes its time....

The Russians were absolutely unaware.

bigkoi

Russians claiming the attacks were "repelled". Successfully repelled by their planes exploding and catching fire. 100% intercept rate!!

Basic_Bid_6488

Barokespinoza23

arc8001

*”Deeper and deeper…”*
— K Budonov, Jan. 2023

Female interviewer at the time: 🤤


“I am here; that is message enough.” — 

Zelenskyy’s reply in Istanbul to Putin’s no-show.

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&gt;The enemy's aviation has suffered preliminary losses of more than $2 billion.

Damn. That's like... one B2.

der_innkeeper

They had a busy day. Also hit the nuclear submarine base and at least one other airfield as well as this one.

MapleMapleHockeyStk

Great base security you have there, Putin. Would be a shame if your bombers blew up.

nesp12

Warren_E_Cheezburger

Aurelian96

Please please please tell me they got a TU-160!

505Trekkie

External-Goal-3948

I hope somebody makes a movie about the planning and execution of these attacks in a couple of years. It must have taken a huge amount of work to get a lorry full of drones 2000km through Russia and hit 5 bases simultaneously. If it's true that the Ukrainians were all back in Ukraine before the attacks began that base security guys really need to step up their game. A truck parked next to the walls of an airbase for a couple of hours should really be checked out, especially now drones are the new normal.

Incrediblebulk92

Holy shit this is a strategic win.

Holy fucking shit, this is an incredible loss for Russia.

Holy Christ, I think I just came in my pants.

No-Atmosphere-4145

Out of curiosity I googled list of active Russian military aircraft, and according to Wikipedia (not sure how accurate), Russia has 21 A-50, 56 TU-22 and 47 TU-95.

So potentially Ukraine eliminated a massive percentage of Russian Bombers in one night.

Edit: additional context, they have 20 TU-160, so a total of 123 bombers. Since we don’t know how many A-50 were destroyed, if it was only 1, then Russia might have lost 32% of its bombers from this attack.

Efficient_Gap4785

Prepare for comments that it was Brits or CIA or Biden himself. Russians can’t allow a thought that poorest country in Europe shoved splintered stick in their bottoms, then pulled out, then shoved again and again and again.

zavorad

While it was a massive attack, not all 41 aircraft were bombers but it looks like most may have been. Information is still coming in. In any case, it’s huge, and made my morning coffee taste better.

https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/ukraine-most-successful-strike-russian-bomber-bases

https://united24media.com/latest-news/russian-key-strategic-airbases-under-massive-attacks-heres-what-we-know-8797

1968RR

Is12345aweakpassword

StarlightLifter

“Aircraft are just on smoke break, comrade.”

jh125486

What the absolute fuck, that's a huge hit

Lost_Expreszion

I hope the US is hardening our domestic bases against this type of attack.

Glittering_Lights

https://preview.redd.it/mb89jy0c7c4f1.jpeg?width=700&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=f4746a8c038b6f5b20ad0083d23e9bfddd9e63a5

Sacu-Shi

It's not just the cost in dollars- I doubt they have spare parts to repair them, or the means to build new ones.

Cpt_Soban

![gif](giphy|26tnjjQQRqPbwDxdK|downsized)

2407s4life

StoicJim

Imperial_12345

Pyroclastic_Hammer

Puzzleheaded_Tie8077

One leg of that nuclear triad is getting a little short.

jdmgto

joesperrazza

[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GsW4YLkXwAAaoiE?format=jpg&amp;name=small](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GsW4YLkXwAAaoiE?format=jpg&amp;name=small)

GT7combat

Holy fucking shit!!!
This is insane… this is honestly a massive fuck up on russias part. Whole fleet getting shit on.

yamers

Holy shit! 41 bombers? Not only is that a badass strike in its own right, but it's also poetic justice given that these  are the bombers that have been hammering the shit out of Ukrainian cities.

Horsetoothbrush

flash_27

What will Trump say about Zelensky having NO cards at play? LOL!!!! Or will he TRY to tell off Ukraine and assist Putin?

Dear_Natural6370

oilman300

k_pasa

dstovell

bennythegiraffe

pullbang

Get ready for more bombed schools hospitals and parks now fuck putin

tinyreb3l

lol, Russian air defense is like Swiss cheese.

thedeuce75

Fuggdaddy

![gif](giphy|NiOPyn6a7tV3q)

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

Rogue_Gona

Beautiful-Salary-555

xChoke1x

I’m beginning to think that just maybe, Ukrainians are people you shouldn’t fuck with.

Pynchon_A_Loaff

In a public statement on Sunday evening, the SBU officially confirmed it had carried out the strikes, saying that "34% of [Russia's] strategic cruise missile carriers" were hit.
It estimated the damage to Russia's strategic aviation was worth about $7bn (£5bn), promising to unveil more details soon.

ryanlaxrox

What Ukraine is doing will be studied at war colleges around the world for years to come. They are literally writing the playbook on modern warfare. Insane.

doorcharge

woswoissdenniii

Always nice to see Russian planes burning on the ground.

OuterBlue090

NoDoze-

How did the drones hit bases in Siberia? That is some serious distance from Ukraine.

SourdoughFlow

If anything.. doesn't that also make China's legal claim on Manchuria even stronger case? Do to the inability of Russia's defense capabilities, I'm 100% certain that China can just simply reclaim the land without any problems?

Glass_Badger9892

Ukraine launched drone attacks on Russian airfields, significantly damaging Russia's strategic bomber fleet and showcasing sophisticated military tactics.

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