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Matthew Powell, Teaching Fellow in Strategic and Air Power Studies, University of Portsmouth

Russia bets on ballistic missiles to combat the success of Ukraine’s drone warfare

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has regularly targeted civilians and civilian infrastructure with missile attacks. The strategy adopted by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his generals is two-fold: to increase the cost of continuing to resist and to erode civilian morale.

The attacks have aimed to disrupt and destroy Ukraine’s military supply and logistics capabilities, its power generation and civilian housing.

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