In one of the most audacious attacks since the war began, Ukraine launched what it claimed was its largest drone strike on Russian soil on June 1, hitting five major airbases and reportedly destroying over 40 fighter jets. The operation, named “Spider Web”, was touted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a success that targeted high-value strategic bombers inside Russia — over 4,000 km from the Ukrainian border.
Why did Russia fail to stop Ukraine’s biggest drone strike and how did air defence systems like S-500 fail?
