Russia Moved Its Air Defenses Home to Guard Moscow. The Drones Went Through Anyway.
Ukraine's largest strike on Moscow in years broke three layers of reinforced air defense and burned the same refinery twice in a week, turning the deep-strike campaign into a sustained bombing of Russia's energy economy its scarce interceptors cannot stop.
Ukraine's largest strike on the Russian capital in years broke three layers of reinforced air defense and set the same refinery alight for the second time in a week. The deep-strike campaign has stopped being a series of raids and become something Moscow currently cannot stop: a sustained bombing of its energy economy, run with drones that cost a fraction of the interceptors meant to catch them.
Marcus Schuler
Marcus Schuler edits BattlePolicy, a daily defense-technology brief connecting the companies and capabilities behind modern war to the contest among Europe, the US, Russia, and China.