The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), which claimed responsibility for the operation, said the drones were covertly transported across Russian territory and launched from makeshift enclosures hidden in civilian-looking trucks. Once in proximity to the target airfields, the drone swarms were deployed and flown directly at parked aircraft. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the operation a “brilliant” achievement and said it had been in planning for 18 months.
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