Zelensky’s “Brilliant” Drone Strike or the Spark of World War III?

Operation Spider’s Web: The Opening Salvo The Ukrainian operation—aptly named “Spider’s Web”—was no desperate hail Mary. Zelensky claims it took one year, six months, and nine days to plan, executing an attack that punched through Russian air defenses like a hot knife through butter. Modified shipping containers, stuffed with first-person-view (FPV) kamikaze drones, became the chariots of destruction. The targets? Strategic bombers parked in Russian airfields across Murmansk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, Irkutsk, and Amur regions—some of the very bombers that form the backbone of Russia’s nuclear strike capability. Reports by Bloomberg and CBS News suggest at least 40 Russian aircraft were mangled or outright destroyed—Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 bombers among them. These are no tinpot relics; they’re part of the hammer Moscow…