Exceptional operation to force the West hand

Ukraine rewrites the rules of the war, almost 85 years after the Pearl Harbor attack, the Washington Post and many other Western publications. The question is, however, what the goal was and what will be the consequences of the Ukrainian attack with drones that destroyed, after the statements, Kiev, over a third of the Russia’s strategic bombers.

Is the beginning of a series of destructive attacks on the Russian army, in front of which Moscow will be as powerless as at the time of Sunday (the result of an operation that lasts no less than a year and a half, as President Volodimir Zelenski says)? Or is Ukraine an attempt to convince the Trump administration that Russia can still be defeated and that America has to continue to support military and financially, as during the Biden administration? Is it a Pearl Harbour that announces years of war now or is it a surprising move such as the Ukrainian invasion in the Kursk region, meant to refuel the pro-Ukrainian voices at a time that the general situation is clearly to Kiev?

The latter is the dominant interpretation in the entire international press, which puts extra pressure on the Trump administration to help Ukraine further and continue the « Degradation of the Russian Army » policy, the stated purpose of the war in the words of the former Pentagon, Lloyd Austin. « The front lines remain unchanged, and Ukraine compensates for the human resource deficit by developing a worldwide drone industry, » writes the neoconservative Max Boot, for The Washington Post. « The Spiderweb operation was a fantastic one, a bold move to compensate for the fact that Ukraine remains with little ammunition for Patriot systems and President Trump reports that he does not want to send ammunition, » continued Boot. « During the infamous discussion Trump-Zenski in the Oval Bureau, Trump said » You have no good books « . Well, Zelenski has just taken an advantage-Ukrainian ingenuity. The Ukrainians showed that they are braver and more skilled than their enemies, even though the situation of the Russian army has improved from the beginning of the war. » « Trump is angry when he talks about the civil victims of Russian bombings, but he does nothing concrete. The Ukrainians have taken things in their own hands. Although they raise the strategic stakes and thus expose Ukraine to reprisals, it is exactly the type of tactical pressure to convince Putin, » writes The Washington Post.

The message is clear: at a time when not only the Trump administration and its few allies in Europe suggests that Ukraine will not become a NATO member and has to make concessions to end the war, the destruction of about 40 Russian bombers (something about which Strateg Edward Luttwak wrote, in 2024, that during a two-day war), it would have to be a day) Whether the argument for continuing American support, for the continuation of the war, the removal of the Russian army in Ukraine and receiving the country in NATO.

It is worth noting that the destruction of Russian bombers happened the day before the second round of the recently resumed peace between Russia and Ukraine. Despite this fact, the two delegations met in Turkey, with two delay from the established program. The positions remain very different – Kiev insists on a cessation of 30 -day fire, while Russia is willing to cease fire until after signing a large peace agreement.

The spectacular attack of Ukraine came immediately after Republican senator Lindsey Graham, which once had John McCain on his travels in Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, announced the training of a law that would impose 500% rates to all states buying energy from Russia.

Interestingly, just before the Ukraine Drone Attack, the Institute for the Study of the War-ISW-(the think tank of Victoria Nuland and the Kagan family) has published a report that shows that President Putin is prepared for a NATO war, if the situation in Ukraine will climb. The report shows that Putin prepares the legal framework that allows the government to control the entire economy and the industrial defense basis, in case of declaring the martial law. « The Russian society and the defense industry are prepared for a prolonged war in Ukraine and a potential war with NATO, » the report shows.

After the so-called « Pearl Harbor » suffered by Russia, it will not depend on the conversations in Istanbul, but how Moscow will choose to respond. The discussions for peace did not have to bring results, as long as there was no common ground for their beginning – Ukraine and the west demand the cessation of fire without pre -construction, while Russia demands a peace treaty, being advantageous because it is on its offensive in Ukraine. The discussions so far have served only the interest of the Kremlin to continue the war without excessively irritating the Trump administration, but also the interest of Kiev to present Russia as an actor with whom he cannot be treated reasonably, as long as he rejects a cessation of fire.

It remains to be seen whether, after Russia’s response (including a possible warning like Oreshnik rocket that hit Dnipro in November last and mandatory to not create tensions among the army and Russian nationalists), or Ukraine will make concessions, or Russia will make concessions (as a result of the potential threats from Riposta Riposta). Regardless of which of the three scenarios will materialize, the response of Russia (expected from Monday, June 2) will be an important point in the Ukraine war.

« A amazing raid in the heart of Russia that has upset the rules of war, the boldest operation of Ukraine on the Russian territory, » writes The Economist about Ukraine Drone attack. « It took a year and a half to organize these blows » that reached four air bases, including from the Arctic area, at 1900 km from Kiev and in Eastern Siberia, at 4,500 km from Kiev, writes BBC. « For months, the Ukrainian Secret Service introduced small FPV drones in Russia, hidden in wooden boxes in trucks. These ordinary vehicles approached the strategic bases and, on Sunday, in the middle, the roof of the containers opened through the remote control. »

« With one shot, Ukraine has destroyed one third of Russia’s strategic aviation. It is an exceptional operation, which will enter the history books, » writes Le Sir. « The Ukrainian forces often showed courage, and now they have exceeded their limits once again, showing that they have the means to change the course of the war, » writes the Belgian daily, in the same note as The Washington Post, suggesting that a continuation of Western support can lead to Ukraine’s victory. « Probably the result of this operation will not affect the situation on the battlefield, but the effect on Russia should not be overlooked, » says a former Ukrainian officer, quoted by the Financial Times. « Russia’s strategic capacities have been reduced, that means the ability to design its power worldwide. The Ukrainian attack has reduced from Russia’s geopolitical trust, » says the officer quoted by FT.

Russian military bloggers are dismayed, as the Meduza website shows, of Russian journalists in the Baltic countries. « The losses are irrecoverable. It is a harsh blow for our strategic forces, the result of serious gaps of information services and a negligent attitude on the aeronautical material which, although it was the target of repeated attacks, remained under the open sky, without any shelter, » says a post on the Telegram Ryabar channel. The Russians have Motiove to be upset – on YouTube For at least ten years, animations with attacks of enemies are posted for at least ten years using drones and other types of weapons hidden in trivial trucks on the opponent’s territory.