Yesterday’s large -scale Ukrainian aircraft attack on Russian aircraft thousands of miles behind the front lines is the last bold Ukrainian mission against Moscow in a series of other successful blows they have made in the past.

The operation, which was organized for more than a year and a half and included the smuggling of drones on Russian territory and their kept in secret places caused damage of about $ 7 billion and hit 34% of Russia’s strategic aircraft carriers. The attack has also shown that Ukraine still has the ability to push Russia, even when Moscow intensifies its own attacks and offensive operations.

CNN reminds the most important successes of Ukrainian forces during the war:

Secret drones

Analysts described the attack on Ukrainian unmanned aircraft on Sunday on bombers as the most important of Kiev since the beginning of the war.

More than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit in the operation, according to a SBU security source, including TU-95 and TU-22M3 bombers and one of Russia’s few remaining A-50s.

The TU-22M3 is the Russian long range rocket platform that can be diverted, launching rockets from the Russian airspace far behind the front lines to stay away from the range of Ukrainian anti-aircraft fires.

Russia had 55 TU-22M3 and 57 TU-95 aircraft in its fleet early this year, according to Think Tank’s “Military Balance 2025” report by the International Institute of Strategic Studies.

The TU-95s joined the Soviet Union Air Force in the 1950s and Russia has modified them to launch Cruise missiles such as TU-22.

Military Air Force expert Peter Leiton said the loss of bombers, who could carry the heaviest and stronger cruiser missiles, means that Russia should be more based on unmanned aircraft for future attacks in Ukraine.

The pride of the Russian Black Sea fleet sank

One of the first big wins of Ukraine Was the sinking of the Moskva cruiserthe pride of the Russian Black Sea fleet, in the first months of the war.

Moskva was one of the most important warships of the Russian Navy and its sinking It was a huge blow to the Moscow army, who at that time was fighting against Ukrainian resistance 50 days after Putin’s invasion.

In April 2022, the South Ukraine Operational Administration claimed that Moskva had begun to sink after being hit by Ukrainian missiles against Neptune ships.

Meanwhile, Russia said a fire broke out in the cruiser with directed missiles, resulting in explosion of ammunition that existed, causing serious damage to the ship and forcing its crew to evacuate it.

Analysts said his loss hit the heart of the Russian Navy together and its national pride.

What followed was a series of nautical defeats for the Moscow Black Sea fleet.

In early 2024, six marine drones, moving with a jet ski, shot down a Russian ship with directed missiles, Ivanovets. Night shots published by Ukrainians showed Russians to shoot the drones as they headed to Ivanovets, before at least two drones hit the side of the ship, immobilizing it and causing huge explosions.

Damage to Kerch Bridge

Made after Crimea’s annexation by Russia in 2014, the 12 -mile -long Kerch bridge was a vital refueling line for Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine and a personal work by Putin, embodied with his goal of connecting him.

The bridge cost around $ 3.7 billion in Russia.

In July 2023, Ukrainian security services claimed that they blasted the bridge using an experimental marine drone. The attack caused damage to the roads of the bridge and, according to Russian officials, killed two citizens.

SBU chief Vasil Maliuk told CNN that the attack on Kerch was a joint operation with the Ukrainian Navy.

The bridge is a critical artery for the supply of Crimea with both its daily needs and with the commissions to the Army.

Mysterious murders

Several high -ranking Russian army personalities have been killed in the country over the last year. It is important that Ukraine has never taken responsibility for the murders, but it is noteworthy that many of the dead played a prominent role in the Moscow attack.

Last month, the Russian Deputy Mayor and Veteran Veteran of the War, Zaur Alexandrovich Gurcievkilled in an explosion in southern Russia. Russian authorities stated that explore all the possibilities for the murder“Including the organization of a terrorist attack” related to Ukraine.

Gurchiev was involved in Russian attacks in the Ukrainian city-Limani Mariupol, which destroyed about 90% of homes, according to UN estimates.

In April, the Russian authorities recited charges of a “Ukrainian Special Services Agent” for terrorism after arresting a car explosion that killed Russian General Yaroslav Moskalik, the deputy head of the Central Department of Business.

Also, in February, Armen Sarkissian, the founder of a pro -Russian militia in eastern Ukraine – characterized by authorities in Kiev as a “criminal brain” – died after a bomb attack in the center of Moscow. The bomb attack took place on a luxurious residential complex in the capital, the Russian state -owned TASS media reported.

Ukraine has never taken responsibility for the murders, but it is noteworthy that high -ranking persons have been murdered in Russian territory.