Spread the loveUkraine’s latest strike inside Russia confirms the direction this war has been moving for some time. Ukraine cannot defeat Russia through a conventional war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia’s war “will be felt more and more at their own home—in Russia.” It is an admission that Ukraine is attempting to turn Russian civilians against Putin by making the economic and human cost of war increasingly visible inside Russia itself. In April 2024, Ukrainian drones struck facilities at Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan, more than 1,100 kilometers from Ukraine.