"One Of The Most Important Days Of The War."

A British colonel described how Operation Web swung the pendulum toward Ukraine.

Retired British Army Colonel Gamish de Bretton-Gordon believes June 1, 2025, could go down in history as one of the most important days in the Russia-Ukraine war. On that day, the SBU carried out special operation "Spider Web," striking about 40 strategic bombers at airfields in Russia.

In a column on The Telegraph, the military officer said the strikes on Russian strategic aircraft and the occupiers' railroad network could be a sign that the pendulum is finally swinging toward Ukraine. He is confident that the Russian propaganda and disinformation machine will now try to portray the attacks as anything but a disaster for Putin and Russian forces.

"A few months ago this would have been considered unthinkable, including, no doubt, by Putin. Now it seems clear that restrictions on Ukraine's use of Western weapons are being lifted. This brings everything within 500 kilometers of Ukraine into range, including Moscow. The Ukrainian military has also confirmed that it has developed a drone with a range of more than three thousand kilometers," writes the British army colonel.

Bretton-Gordon also wonders where the air defense systems the Russians are so fond of bragging about have been: protecting Putin's palaces or given to North Korea?

The timing of these operations also plays an important role, according to the former officer, as discontent grows among Russians over the deterioration of the economy and their standard of living due to Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

In the meantime, the Russian army is also using drone attacks across Ukraine, but only to terrorize civilians.

"This is not a one-way movement, and Russia also launched a massive drone attack last weekend, hitting exclusively civilian targets. Putin seems to think that if you kill enough people they will give up, but his instincts and his tactics may soon bite him hard, very hard. Now that most of Russia is within range of Kiev's attacks, whether by drones, missiles or the frighteningly effective assassins of Ukraine's secret service SBU, how will the Kremlin react?" - writes the military.

Gamish de Bretton-Gordon also wonders whether Britain is capable of launching attacks as ingenious and effective. as Ukraine, after 20 years of military funding cuts and government neglect. He hopes Britain will learn from the Ukrainian experience by developing capabilities for the battlefield.

"As the UK Strategic Defense Review has now been submitted, let's hope it shows that we are now learning from the Ukrainian experience and developing capabilities for tomorrow's battlefield, capabilities that will deter tyrants like Putin, not just a set of weapons that looks good on parade," he added.

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