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Kaplan: What Ukraine’s Drone Strike Deep in Russian Territory Means
This is a turning point, especially in showing Russia’s vulnerability.
Fred Kaplan | Slate
December 6, 2022

In the war up till now, Russia has enjoyed an asymmetric advantage: It has hit Ukrainian targets with planes and missiles launched from Russia, but Ukraine hasn't fired back, fearing that doing so - that hitting targets inside Russia - would escalate the conflict. With Monday's drone strikes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sent Russian President Vladimir Putin a clear message: From this point on, if you hit us from Russia, I will hit you from Ukraine.
--SSP alum Fred Kaplan in Slate