DONALD Trump has hailed Ukraine's daring "Operation Spiderweb" attack as "strong and badass".

The US president heaped praise on Volodymyr Zelensky for his calculated drone assault plan - but warned it has only made a raging Vladimir Putin even crazier.

The Kremlin dictator held a 75 minute phone call with Trump on Wednesday as they discussed rising tensions in Ukraine .

Top of the agenda was reportedly the 117 drone blitz over the weekend which left four of Russia 's key airbases up in flames.

The daring Operation Spiderweb saw a fired up Ukraine wreck 41 Russian planes across the strategic airfields .

Putin's doomsday bomber fleet was crippled with a third of his most prized aircraft lying in smouldering wrecks.

Ukraine said the sneak attack was worth $7bn (

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