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Experts from the ISW agreed that Russian attacks could be impacted for two to three months, and said that Ukraine’s continued strikes would generate wider operational pressures on the Russian military.
Hitting military facilities and other targets deep inside Russia is a strategy that Ukraine has used to put pressure on Moscow, forcing it to disperse its weapons.
However, Ukraine has been barred from using its arsenal of Western-provided long-range missiles to go after strategic targets inside Russia, and has had to rely on drones and domestically produced weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly asked the US and other Western allies to lift those restrictions.
In a nightly address on Saturday, Zelenskyy said he would continue to talk with Ukraine’s partners and allies, including US President Joe Biden, to convince them about the need for “full-range” capabilities.
He told CNN last Friday that lifting the restrictions was a “key” part of the victory plan he will present to US officials this week, and that he was hopeful his case would be heard.