As the conflict at the front lines has shifted in Moscow’s favour, the drone campaign is becoming a key plank of Ukraine’s defence.
| Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion has entered a new phase, pitting homegrown drone technology against a 2000-kilometre swath of largely Soviet-era oil facilities.
International oil prices have risen steadily in recent days amid growing fears that the attacks, which have largely inflicted attritional damage so far, could one day take out a major export facility. What started out as a largely symbolic effort, notably last year’s drone attack on the Kremlin, has become “a concerted campaign to inflict damage on a strategic target”.This success did not come easily, according to drone manufacturers who spoke to Bloomberg. The vehicles had to be designed to overcome Russia’s sophisticated jamming capabilities, using terrain navigation or visual positioning that does not require any electronic communications after launch.
The flurry of attacks prompted a surge in prices for petrol and diesel on the St Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange, although the cost of the fuel at the pump within Russia saw little movement.
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