Sunday’s attack was nicknamed by the Ukrainians themselves as an operation “Pavutyna” (spider web) and took 18 months to be prepared. A novelty that should cause some concern not only to Russia, but also to Western allies ”
“A moral breath to Ukraine, a humiliation for Russia, a concern for the US, which are in a very uncomfortable situation.” This is how Major General Agostinho Costa summarizes the Ukrainian attacks of the last days in Russian territory-on Sunday, with the one described by Major General Isidro de Morais Pereira as “the most destructive operation that Ukraine has taken to the Russian invasion”, using a Russian military air bases; And this Tuesday, with, which makes the connection between Russia and the Crimea Peninsula, using underwater mines with more than one ton of explosives.
Tuesday’s Ukrainian attack against the Kerch bridge, using underwater mines 1,100 kg of explosives
These attacks, which result from a “very complex operation”, recognizes Agostinho Costa, with months of planning and “in absolute confidentiality”, as pointed out by Major General Isidro de Morais Pereira, open “a new chapter in war confrontation”, at the risk of other countries to do the same against the West, theorize military experts.
Sunday’s attack was nicknamed by the Ukrainians themselves as an operation “Pavutyna” and took 18 months to be prepared. “The way it was prepared is a novelty that should cause some concern not only to Russia, but also to Western allies,” says Major General Isidro de Morais Pereira.
The plan was implemented by Ukrainian Secret Services (SBU), Vasyl Malyuk, and implied the sending of FPV (first -person vision) drones to Russian territory, which were hidden in fake mobile wooden houses, transported in parked trucks near the Russian military air bases. “At the right time, the roofs of the houses were opened remotely and the drones were released to attack the Russian bombers,” explained an SBU officer, quoted by the Ukrainian press. According to Vasyl Malyuk, drones hit five airline bases and damaged 41 aircraft, including A-50, Tu-95, Tu-22 m3 and Tu-160.
“If Ukraine was able to set up such an operation in Russian territory, Russia also China, also North Korea – eventually using the same type of mechanisms – can carry out an action similar to Western targets,” theorizes Isidro de Morais Pereira, in statements to CNN Portugal.
Although Ukrainian secret services claimed the authorship of the attack, Major General Agostinho Costa believes they did not act alone. “Ukraine is unable to launch such an operation alone,” he argues, pointing out that “operations of this nature are conducted by British and North American” from the point of view of satellites and information.
It is from this principle that Augustine Costa understands that the US is in a “very uncomfortable situation” with Sunday’s Ukrainian attack. This is because the US and Russia signed the New Start Treaty in 2010, which states that bombers such as those who have been damaged in that attack-such as the Tu-95, Tu-22 and Tu-160-“they must be open to the other party, as a measure of deanuviation between the parties to ensure that they do not exceed the bombard limit defined in that treaty,
In addition, according to Major General Agostinho Costa, under the New Start Treaty, the US and Russia committed a mutually committed not to attack the other party’s military air bases in case of conflict. The treaty also states that this commitment is extended to the allies of the respective countries, adds Agostinho Costa. Hence the US “inconvenience” with this Ukrainian attack, he says, suggesting that the White House quickly came to public ensure that he had no prior knowledge of this attack to move away from it. “The US knew and naturally did part of the planning and preparation of this operation. The question here is if Trump knew,” says Agostinho Costa, who assumes that “most likely did not know,” given that in the US “secret services tend to have their own pace” and “an autonomy that does not always play with their administrations.”
Now, to confirm the involvement of US secret services in the Spider Teia Operation, it generates “a very worrying situation” for the US and the West as a whole, says Major General Agostinho Costa: “The United States are responsible for preventing the triad from being an attack and now, have its own [frota de aeronaves] Under the same conditions of vulnerability and allows Russians to understand if they say, ‘From now on let’s get the planes in Hangars, and my friends don’t even know how many we have.’ “
It is true that Russia suspended its participation in the New Start Treaty, the truth is that it did not withdraw from the treaty and ensured that it would continue to respect the limits defined in the text.
With Sunday’s attack, Major General Agostinho Costa continues, “a box of Pandora opened.” “Any terrorist group today can mimic such an action. A new chapter has opened on war creativity. This will be expensive, because these new pages of war confrontation, which are within the reach of anyone, and that do not require very sophisticated technology, with strategic impacts, change the face of war.”
