Moscow has accused Kyiv of being behind strikes on targets in the Kursk, Saratov and Ryazan regions.
In the latest audacious attack, an oil storage container at an airfield near Kursk was hit on Wednesday, according to local Governor Roman Starovoit, in what wasThe Kursk oblast borders Ukraine but attacks much further inside Russia have shown that Kyiv could also be looking far from the front lines of the conflict to give Moscow a bloody nose.
This Newsweek graphic shows the areas inside Russia that were struck by what Moscow has said were drones sent by Ukraine. The strikes hit the Kursk, Ryazan and Saratov regions."They very possibly just demonstrated a new capability to hit anywhere in Russia," said retired U.S. Army Major John Spencer, a leading urban warfare expert, who described these strikes as a"very big moment in the war."in the attacks which aimed"to disable Russian long-range aircraft.
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