It's hard to exaggerate the sheer audacity - or ingenuity - that went into Ukraine's countrywide assault on Russia's air force. "No intelligence operation in the world has done anything like this before," defence analyst Serhii Kuzan told Ukrainian TV. Beyond the physical damage, which may or may not be as great as analysts here are assessing, Operation Spider's Web sends another critical message, not just to Russia but also to Ukraine's western allies. "The biggest problem," the official told Svyatoslav, "is that the Americans have convinced themselves we've already lost the war. The Americans "begin acting as if their role is to negotiate for us the softest possible terms of surrender," the government official told Svyatoslav Khomenko.