Since the beginning of the war, Ukraine has been given weapons by the US and other western nations but it has also been restricted in its use of those weapons. Specifically, Ukraine was not allowed to fire those weapons into Russian territory for fear of escalating the conflict.
Even now, as Ukraine has penetrated several miles into Russia’s Kursk region, restrictions on “deep strikes” still limit what they can target. But Ukraine has launched scores of drone attacks on Russian territory.
Ukraine has been stepping up its long-range strikes inside Russia over the past few months, launching scores of drones simultaneously at strategic targets several times a week.
The targets include air force bases, oil and ammunition depots and command centres.
Ukrainian firms are now producing hundreds of armed one-way attack drones a month, at a fraction of the cost it takes to produce a similar…
