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

Russian media footage showing the aftermath of an alleged drone attack on an airfield in Kursk on 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 

 

 

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