Trump admired Ukraine’s ‘Spider Web’ operation, told aides it was ‘fairly robust’

Trump felt Ukraine’s drone assault on Russia was ‘fairly robust’.

President Donald Trump admired Ukraine’s shock drone assault over the weekend on Russia and referred to as it ‘fairly robust’ and ‘badass’, Axios reported citing the president’s aides. But the president is nervous as to what comes subsequent as Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” that there will probably be a counterattack. The Axios report stated Trump has been surprisingly mum about Ukraine’s ‘ASprider Web’ operation however, in non-public, he marveled on the power. One confidant told Axios that Trump told him that the assault was ‘fairly robust’. Another stated Trump thought it was badass. “From an international perspective, you’ve got a chihuahua inflicting some real damage on a much bigger dog,” one adviser stated. The assault would upset US’s mediation course of, although it has not yielded something nearer to a ceasefire. “Unfortunately, Putin feels impunity. Even after all of Russia’s horrific attacks, he is reportedly preparing yet more so-called ‘responses.’ It means that with every new strike, with every delay of diplomacy, Russia is giving the finger to the entire world — to all those who still hesitate to increase pressure on it,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on X Wednesday, in a refined jab at Trump.On June 1, greater than 100 drones from Ukraine struck air bases deep inside Russia in an operation referred to as ‘Spider Web’ with explosions reported throughout a number of time zones deep inside Russia. The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the assaults had occurred in 5 areas of Russia – Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur – however said planes had been broken solely in Murmansk and Irkutsk, whereas in different areas the assaults had been repelled.Zelenskyy debriefed concerning the operation that he instantly supervised and stated 117 drones had been used within the assault and the operation took one yr, six months and 9 days to organize. Russia has stated it has detained folks in reference to the assault, though Zelensky said the individuals who had helped facilitate the operation “were withdrawn from Russian territory… they are now safe”.