'They're getting a taste of what the Ukrainians have experienced,' one expert told Newsweek about the recent wave of UAV attacks.
Along with repeated cross-border incursions by Kyiv-aligned anti-government Russian fighters, the recent wave of drone attacks raises questions about the military's defensive capabilities.Mark Voyger—a former special adviser for Russian and Eurasian affairs to Lieutenant General Ben Hodges when he was commander of the U.S. Army Europe—toldthe recent drone attacks and cross-border raids represent"a huge reputational blow" to Putin.
With Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive looming, the new security pressures will be an unwelcome complication for Moscow. "The victim of the aggression under international law has the right to wage defensive war in the territory of the aggressor. Besides, there can be some armed militia groups in the territory of Russia resisting Putin's regime. The fact is that the Russians will have to learn to live under conditions of war, and war is coming to their homes, which is inevitable.
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