Fri 01 September 2023:
A senior Ukrainian official says drone strikes on Russian soil will increase and that recent such attacks showed that the war was gradually shifting to Russia.
In an interview, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak also ruled out peace talks for now, saying any negotiations would result in “capitulation” on the part of Ukraine.
“As for Russia … there is an increasing number of attacks by unidentified drones launched from the territory of the Russian Federation, and the number of these attacks will increase,” Podolyak told the Reuters news agency.
“Because this is the stage of the war… when hostilities are gradually being transferred to the territory of the Russian Federation.”
But Kyiv’s Western allies have banned it from using weapons they donate to strike Russia, although they say Kyiv has the right to carry out such attacks on military targets with its own weapons.
Russia says 281 Ukrainian drones destroyed this week
Russia’s Ministry of Defence says it has destroyed 281 Ukrainian drones over the past week, including 29 over western Russia.
The ministry said, “281 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed, including one Tu-141 Strizh, as well as 29 Ukrainian UAVs in the western regions of the Russian Federation.”
Russia has also repeatedly struck Ukraine with waves of one-way drones, which are far cheaper than missiles and can be difficult and expensive for air defence systems to intercept.
Ukrainian aerial drone strikes deep inside Russia have increased since May with strikes on Moscow becoming increasingly common.
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