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Beau of The Fifth Column

Let's talk about Russia's Pearl Harbor and your questions....

Beau of The Fifth Column

Beau of The Fifth Column

Society & Culture

4.8965 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Let's talk about Russia's Pearl Harbor and your questions....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again. So today, we're going to talk about what the media is calling Russia's Pearl Harbor and answer some of your questions in the immediate aftermath.

0:14.0

Ukraine launched a massive special operation deep inside Russian territory over a pretty expansive chunk of the country.

0:23.1

In some cases, thousands of miles from Ukraine.

0:26.5

This was not planned quickly.

0:29.3

There's an incredibly high likelihood that while Trump was saying that Zelensky didn't have any cards, this was already underway.

0:38.7

It's unsurprising that Trump was caught unaware.

0:42.0

Ukrainian forces reportedly did not inform the U.S. of the plans.

0:47.5

Okay, so what happened?

0:50.4

Trucks all over Russia were used to transport containers with specially constructed

0:55.4

housings for swarms of drones.

0:57.9

The trucks were parked near Russian military installations and the swarms were released.

1:04.1

Ukrainian special operations was deliberately targeting Russia's bombers.

1:09.7

Russia was caught flat-footed. Ukraine is saying they

1:13.6

damaged or destroyed more than 40 aircraft. I'm sure the exact number will be debated,

1:20.4

but I saw multiple TU95s burning. Those are Russia's strategic bombers. There are reports of at least one TU22 being hit.

1:31.2

It looks like they caught an A50 as well. That's going to be expensive. For those more familiar

1:38.2

with U.S. planes, they were hitting the equivalent of B-52s and A-Wax. Estimates suggest that Ukraine damaged or destroyed somewhere between a quarter and a third

1:49.8

of Russia's bomber capability.

1:52.4

This was a special operation that will eventually be turned into a movie.

1:57.6

It'll go down in history as one of those events where determined people behind the

2:02.5

lines with limited resources conducted a massive operation that was wildly successful

2:09.1

and carried global balance of power implications. Let's jump into some of your questions.

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