Donald Trump was deliberately left in the dark about Ukraine’s unprecedented drone strike in Russia on Sunday, which destroyed nearly a third of the Kremlin’s strategic bomber fleet in a surprise attack.

The large-scale drone attack saw a fleet of drones scattered all across Russia carry out simultaneous attacks on five airbases, wiping out 40 irreplaceable military bombers worth an estimated $7 billion, which have been used to reign terror upon Ukrainian civilians.

“Operation Spider-Web” took over 18 months to plan and was personally overseen by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a source told CBS News.

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[–] 64 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Ukraine is a sovereign country, they don't need to tell Don anything.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Exactly. As a courtesy they might give trusted allies a few hours notice, or at least inform them when the op has started. But unless they needed the assistance of an ally in planning and preparing such an attack then informing anybody well ahead of time serves no useful purpose at all.

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  • [+] -22 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Ukraine is a sovereign country

    NATO to the left of me. Putler to the right.

    Ukraine's a few steps shy of Kurdistan when it comes to sovereignty. They don't even bother with elections anymore, given how much of the country is contended or outright occupied. So much of the killing and the dying is about changing that.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    So much of the killing and the dying is about changing that.

    What the actual fuck are you saying? Are you implying that Russia is doing Ukraine a favor by initiating the killing so Ukraine can become part of Russia to avoid the killing that Russian could’ve simply not done?

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What the actual fuck are you saying?

    That Ukraine is occupied territory. It's as sovereign as the West Bank atm. Pretending otherwise is delusional, not patriotic.

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