Russia seeks to exhaust Ukraine’s resources, overwhelm its air defenses, and disperse its troops along multiple fronts, spreading them out to force vulnerabilities. Russia’s drone strategy, tactically employing hundreds of drones and missiles in a handful of strike packages, is supported by its growing Shahed-like drone production capabilities. While Russia has made significant territorial gains during its summer offensive, the rate of its advances since the start of the full-scale invasion is slow, and the manpower it expends is outsized. While the Trump Administration has signaled interest in additional sanctions against Russia, the latest U.S.-Russia meeting indicates that other issues are in play and may be leveraged to pressure the U.S. to deprioritize peace in Ukraine.
Moscow’s Unrelenting Bombardments in Ukraine Signal Emboldened Putin – The Soufan Center
