One year ago, Ukraine launched Operation Spiderweb to destroy billions of dollars worth of Russian combat planes – It 'served as a warning to the United States'

Remotely operated interceptor drones .

• The strike, conducted on the 1st of June 2025 by Ukraine's SBU, targeted 5 different Russian airfields.
• The drone attacks caused the destruction of $7 billion in military hardware, according to Ukraine, even as Russia claimed a much lower $26 million in damage.
• Ukraine claims 41 aircraft were destroyed or damaged, even as official figures from Russia admit only 11 losses.

Operation Spiderweb is widely considered the most successful drone strike the world has ever seen, in terms of the damage it inflicted and the sophistication demonstrated by Ukrainian security services.