What involvement did the US have in that specific "Spider Web" operation?
- It was planned by Ukraine over a year and a half, without a peep to US authorities.
- It was conducted by Ukrainian SBU saboteurs in Russia who were extracted after by Ukraine without international assistance.
- The drones and accessory equipment were produced in Ukraine. The munitions may have been produced elsewhere, not sure.
- The software is open source Ardupilot.
Fact of the matter is, if Russia ceased their aggression before the end of May, they would have been able to keep their valuable strategic aircraft. Many of these craft, including the AWACS, were involved in the long-range air-strikes that Russia was conducting on Ukraine, so these are fair targets. No Russian civilians or military personnel were severely injured or killed in that operation, so Putin can Crimea River about it.