INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
drones nearly every night for the past several weeks, damaging buildings and forcing airports to temporarily close
Ukraine is behind the attacks on Moscow, but Kyiv has not acknowledged involvement.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last month
often crashes into civilian buildings and infrastructure.A view of a damaged office block in the Moscow City financial district following a
reported drone attack on July 30.Alexander Nemenov / AFPWith the attacks on Moscow, Kyiv aims to demonstrate that it can bring the war home
to Russians, who for 19 months have mostly lived detached from the grim realities of the conflict, including alleged war crimes and the
leading to movements that would push for an end to the war.But Ukraine manages a delicate balancing act: the drone attacks risk further
its Western allies, some of whom question whether the arms they supply to Ukraine should be used for non-defensive purposes.At the same
warned that any incursions into Russia would be met with a fierce response.Emergency services at the Moscow City tower, which was hit by a
weaken morale, both among the civilian population and among soldiers fighting in trenches in Ukraine and watching the attacks on central
critical infrastructure, such as the Crimea bridge and roads in the occupied southeastern Ukrainian territories.These attacks have for the
most part avoided civilian casualties
In order to prevent escalation and the alienation of its Western donors, Ukraine will likely prioritize strategic military targets and
said.Ukraine is banking on the same strategy
front all have the potential to drive internal discord and anti-Kremlin sentiment
