Marc Santora

And it's shipping containers, these nondescript, hulking metal boxes that you see going up and down highways every day and you don't give a second thought. They make a decision that they're going to turn those containers into a much more sophisticated weapons delivery system. And what does that look like? Well, think of a Russian nesting doll, right?

And it's shipping containers, these nondescript, hulking metal boxes that you see going up and down highways every day and you don't give a second thought. They make a decision that they're going to turn those containers into a much more sophisticated weapons delivery system. And what does that look like? Well, think of a Russian nesting doll, right?

Where you have the big doll, inside the big doll is a smaller doll and a smaller doll. So you have this container with a roof that can be popped off by remote control. But then inside of that container, we have another container. And that container holds the drones, and beneath the drones, chargers for those drones.

Where you have the big doll, inside the big doll is a smaller doll and a smaller doll. So you have this container with a roof that can be popped off by remote control. But then inside of that container, we have another container. And that container holds the drones, and beneath the drones, chargers for those drones.

And the roof of that smaller container can also pop off, at which point the drones can take off into the sky and launch their attack the minute they get the signal to go.

And the roof of that smaller container can also pop off, at which point the drones can take off into the sky and launch their attack the minute they get the signal to go.

And what makes it even crazier, and we're not 100% sure where each piece of this puzzle was assembled, but President Zelensky said they set up their main sort of headquarters to pull off this operation right across the street from the FSB, which is, you know, the Russian Internal Security Services.

And what makes it even crazier, and we're not 100% sure where each piece of this puzzle was assembled, but President Zelensky said they set up their main sort of headquarters to pull off this operation right across the street from the FSB, which is, you know, the Russian Internal Security Services.

So they're orchestrating this whole thing from inside of Russia at a secret base that's, you know, with a stone's throw from the Russian secret police, according to the Ukrainians. So you have people involved in every step of the way. You have the agents who snuck into Russia to help pull this off.

So they're orchestrating this whole thing from inside of Russia at a secret base that's, you know, with a stone's throw from the Russian secret police, according to the Ukrainians. So you have people involved in every step of the way. You have the agents who snuck into Russia to help pull this off.

You had the pilots who were going to fly these drones from a very far remote location back in Ukraine. Each step along the way, you have spies and soldiers and drone pilots involved in executing this.

You had the pilots who were going to fly these drones from a very far remote location back in Ukraine. Each step along the way, you have spies and soldiers and drone pilots involved in executing this.

So their primary target is going to be these bombers. And so they want to teach the software how to hit these bombers to do the most damage that they can. And they happen to have some of these Soviet-era bombers in a museum in central Ukraine, you know, back from the day when Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union. Long ago mothballed, but turned out to be quite useful in this mission.

So their primary target is going to be these bombers. And so they want to teach the software how to hit these bombers to do the most damage that they can. And they happen to have some of these Soviet-era bombers in a museum in central Ukraine, you know, back from the day when Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union. Long ago mothballed, but turned out to be quite useful in this mission.

So what they do is they take some of the most sophisticated new machine learning, artificial intelligence algorithms that they've been testing and expanding throughout the war, and they train these drones to basically go after the most vulnerable spot on these bombers, which is where the fuel is kept, basically.

So what they do is they take some of the most sophisticated new machine learning, artificial intelligence algorithms that they've been testing and expanding throughout the war, and they train these drones to basically go after the most vulnerable spot on these bombers, which is where the fuel is kept, basically.

Yeah, I mean, I think obviously one of the big questions the Kremlin is wrestling with is how in the world could Ukraine have penetrated so deeply for so long to pull this off? And I think that's a, you know, we don't know the answer to that.

Yeah, I mean, I think obviously one of the big questions the Kremlin is wrestling with is how in the world could Ukraine have penetrated so deeply for so long to pull this off? And I think that's a, you know, we don't know the answer to that.

It's time to attack. On Sunday, around 1.06 p.m., they get the order. The roof of these containers pops up, the roof containing the drones pops off, and the drones start to take to the air. And then we start to see explosions, clouds of smoke rising up from airfields. And at the same time, drones rising from containers are going and attacking airfields across Russia.

It's time to attack. On Sunday, around 1.06 p.m., they get the order. The roof of these containers pops up, the roof containing the drones pops off, and the drones start to take to the air. And then we start to see explosions, clouds of smoke rising up from airfields. And at the same time, drones rising from containers are going and attacking airfields across Russia.