Ukraine rewrites Budapest Memorandum with 40 burning Russian jets targeted by drones launched from cargo trucks

A coordinated drone strike inside Russia marks a new chapter in Ukraine’s fight for sovereignty and security.
Operation Spiderweb became one of the largest of the entire war in terms of the number of aircraft destroyed. Photo from open sources
Ukraine rewrites Budapest Memorandum with 40 burning Russian jets targeted by drones launched from cargo trucks

Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, has called Ukraine's unique special operation targeting Russian airfields "a modern version of the Budapest Memorandum."

The Budapest Memorandum, signed in 1994, was a political agreement in which Ukraine gave up the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from Russia, the US, and the UK. Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its full-scale invasion in 2022 have violated the memorandum, while the US and the UK have not fully shielded Ukraine from the Russian attacks. 

"Meticulous work. Impressive results," Ruslan Stefanchuk writes on social media, assessing the scale of the Web operation on Russian territory.

Thanks to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Maliuk, and everyone involved in this operation for ensuring the non-nuclear status of the aggressor state, Stefanchuk adds.

He emphasizes that for those fighting for their land, no goals are too distant.

On 1 June, the Security Service of Ukraine and Defense Intelligence conducted the unprecedented “Web” operation, during which FPV-drones were brought to Russia in trucks and released from them to target four Russian airfields: Byelaya, Dyagilevo, Olenya, and Ivanovo.

As a result, over 40 Russian aircraft were damaged, including the A-50 reconnaissance plane and strategic bombers Tu-95 and Tu-22M3.

Preparation for the operation took over one and a half years. President Zelenskyy personally oversaw the operation, while Head of the SBU Vasyl Maliuk and his team managed its execution. 

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