Ukrainian Drones Go Where American Missiles Never Ventured

Trump-Brokered ceasefire proves nebulous as the Ukraine-Russia air war rages.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP
A Russian self-propelled multiple rocket launcher fires towards Ukrainian positions, March 20, 2025. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

For decades, the Pentagon war-gamed American inter-continental ballistic missile strikes on Soviet nuclear bases. Yesterday, Ukraine successfully attacked one, sending a huge orange cloud rising over Engels-2, on the Volga River. To duck Russian air defenses, Kyiv’s strategy was to use $50,000 drones modified from Ukraine’s equivalents of single-engine Piper Cubs.

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