Ukrainian Drone Strikes Deep Inside Russia Signal Escalation and Moscow’s Vulnerability

As the battle for control over Pokrovsk rages on in Ukraine's Donetsk region, a new front has quietly opened that underscores serious cracks in Russian security: Ukrainian long-range drones are striking deep inside Russia itself.Officials from Russia’s Bashkortostan region confirmed attacks near 1,300 kilometers from the frontline — targeting an industrial plant in Sterlitamak. Although Russian authorities claimed both drones were intercepted with no casualties or major damage, reports suggest an explosion caused partial collapse of a petrochemical plant’s water treatment facility. Meanwhile, similar drone strikes targeted industrial areas in the Nizhny Novgorod region, some 800 kilometers from Ukraine’s border.What...