Russiaâs air attacks have grown in sheer volume in recent months, hammering Ukraine with more drones and high-speed missiles than ever before, as Moscowâs forces struggle to make meaningful progress on the ground. The massive strikes are designed to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses, with huge waves of cheap drones, then fast-moving ballistic missiles, then cruise missiles, coming in carefully planned succession to inflict maximum damage. Experts say that âoverwhelmâ approach allows more missiles to make it through. The latest assault on Tuesday also included eight high-speed âZirconâ missiles â almost impossible to shoot down and powerful enough to take out aircraft carriers â the most ever used in a single attack, according to Ukrainian authorities. None of those eight hypersonic missiles were intercepted. The barrage left 23 people dead and 151 injured across the country, Ukrainian authorities said. Beyond their immediate impact, experts say such attacks are part of a broader Russian strategy to sow fear among ordinary people and increase public pressure on Ukraineâs leaders to end the war. A key factor in the increasing frequency and size of the air attacks is
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News of the damage must surely have found its way into the most isolated of bunkers. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of secluding himself from the deteriorating realities of his invasion of Ukraine. But the staggering…
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News of the damage must surely have found its way into the most isolated of bunkers. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of secluding himself from the deteriorating realities of his invasion of Ukraine.…
Read original at CNN →Russia’s ‘spring offensive’ is failing and Kyiv’s drones have brought the war to Moscow and other cities. Europe must strengthen Zelenskyy’s hand further Last week, Vladimir Putin responded with characteristic disdain…
Read original at The Guardian →Ukraine's sustained campaign of drone attacks on Russian-occupied territories is disrupting Moscow's supply lines and intensifying a fuel crisis already triggered by long-range strikes on Russia's oil refineries. Crimea…
Read original at BBC →When Elena Vladimirovna woke up around 4 a.m. to the sound of loud buzzing over her Moscow region apartment, she looked out of the window to see multiple drones overhead. The noise quickly faded, and she thought the…
Read original at CNN →Russian leader Vladimir Putin rebuffed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyâs call for a face-to-face meeting, saying there was âno point.â Zelensky urged Putin to end the countriesâ four-year war in an open…
Read original at CNN →Russiaâs air attacks have grown in sheer volume in recent months, hammering Ukraine with more drones and high-speed missiles than ever before, as Moscowâs forces struggle to make meaningful progress on the ground.…
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News of the damage must surely have found its way into the most isolated of bunkers. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of secluding himself from the deteriorating realities of his invasion of Ukraine. But the staggering…
View source →Russia’s ‘spring offensive’ is failing and Kyiv’s drones have brought the war to Moscow and other cities. Europe must strengthen Zelenskyy’s hand further Last week, Vladimir Putin responded with characteristic disdain to an open letter…
View source →Ukraine's sustained campaign of drone attacks on Russian-occupied territories is disrupting Moscow's supply lines and intensifying a fuel crisis already triggered by long-range strikes on Russia's oil refineries. Crimea - which Russia…
View source →When Elena Vladimirovna woke up around 4 a.m. to the sound of loud buzzing over her Moscow region apartment, she looked out of the window to see multiple drones overhead. The noise quickly faded, and she thought the danger had passed. But…
View source →Russian leader Vladimir Putin rebuffed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyâs call for a face-to-face meeting, saying there was âno point.â Zelensky urged Putin to end the countriesâ four-year war in an open letter posted…
View source →Russiaâs air attacks have grown in sheer volume in recent months, hammering Ukraine with more drones and high-speed missiles than ever before, as Moscowâs forces struggle to make meaningful progress on the ground. The massive strikes…
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