Vladimir Putin is being forced to confront a major vulnerability in Russian security: the threat from Ukraine’s drones.
The danger made itself known in explosive fashion at the opening of the Russian president’s international economic forum in St. Petersburg, when Kyiv’s drones struck a naval base, set an oil terminal on fire, and plunged the city’s airport into chaos. The attack on Putin’s hometown was a humiliation on the world stage.
For Serhiy Goncharov, a Ukrainian defense industry lobbyist, the drones that buzzed 657 miles into Russia for the operation are just one more reason for “much more optimism” about the war than even a few months ago.
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