Ukraine says it wiped a key Russian missile and artillery arsenal ‘off the face of the earth’ in long-range strikes

The attack marks Ukraine’s latest long-range strike targeting an important military installation inside Russia. Key airbases have also been struck in recent weeks.

Ukraine is barred from using its arsenal of powerful, Western-provided missiles to strike inside Russia, so it has relied heavily on domestically produced attack drones to work around these limitations.

However, Kyiv has long argued that such restrictions curb its ability to fight Russia as effectively as it could without them and continues to push for their removal.

“The only way to counter [Russian] terror is with a systemic solution, and that solution is long-range capabilities,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a nationwide address over the weekend.