Owen Matthews Owen Matthews

Ukraine’s new strategy hits Russia where it hurts

Credit: Svitlana Morenets 
issue 27 January 2024

Ukraine is fighting not one but two hot wars against Russia. The first, a conventional, bloody land war along an 810-mile front line, has descended into stalemate. But the second – drone and missile strikes and sabotage raids deep into enemy territory – may prove to be a game-changing strategy for hitting Russia where it hurts.

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