{"id":607359,"date":"2026-08-21T12:52:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/08\/607359\/ukraine-expands-long-range-strikes-against-the-russian-federation-experts-assessed-the-military-economic-and-political-effect\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T12:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:52:54","slug":"ukraine-expands-long-range-strikes-against-the-russian-federation-experts-assessed-the-military-economic-and-political-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/08\/607359\/ukraine-expands-long-range-strikes-against-the-russian-federation-experts-assessed-the-military-economic-and-political-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine expands long-range strikes against the Russian Federation: experts assessed the military, economic and political effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine<\/strong> continues to expand its capability to strike targets on the territory of the Russian Federation<\/strong>. Ukrainian drones have already covered over 2,000 kilometers<\/strong>, and some systems have ranges of more than 3,000 kilometers<\/strong>. Experts discussed the impact of such strikes on Russia\u2019s military system, its economy and political decisions at the press center of Kyiv<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Participants of the discussion focused on the consequences of the attacks for Russian logistics, defense industry, the costs of defending strategic facilities and the possible readiness of the Kremlin<\/strong> to negotiate. Key targets named included logistical hubs, energy facilities, military production and infrastructure that enable the continuation of aggression.<\/p>\n

As of July, since the beginning of the year Ukraine<\/strong> has carried out over a thousand fire missions<\/strong> against oil facilities, critically important production sites and systemically important logistics of the Russian Federation<\/strong>. Striking these facilities forces Russia<\/strong> to repair infrastructure, strengthen air defenses and divert resources to cover the deep rear.<\/p>\n

The director of the Agency for Security Sector Reform<\/strong>, Viktor Yagun<\/strong>, emphasized that the effects of the strikes should be assessed as an accumulative strategic process.<\/p>\n

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“The range of strikes into the Russian Federation<\/strong> already exceeds 3,000 km<\/strong>. The campaign forces Russia<\/strong> to repair damage, redeploy air defenses, restructure logistics and build up fuel reserves. This is an accumulative strategic effect together with sanctions, technology shortages and broken supply chains,” said Viktor Yagun<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The chief consultant of the National Institute for Strategic Studies<\/strong>, Ivan Uss<\/strong>, stated that strikes deep into the Russian Federation<\/strong> are changing the economic conditions of waging war. They destroy the traditional Russian model of locating strategic facilities far from the front.<\/p>\n

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“The war has become a war of attrition \u2014 a war of economies. Long-range strikes are destroying the paradigm of the Russian Federation<\/strong>, in which distance of facilities was considered a guarantee of safety,” said Ivan Uss<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Experts also noted the effectiveness of combining deep strikes<\/em> and middle strikes<\/em> with hits on maritime logistics. Such tactics make it possible to simultaneously affect production, supply and the transportation of resources.<\/p>\n

The energy infrastructure remains an important direction. Limiting its operation affects not only the Russian army but also the economic activity of the Russian Federation<\/strong>. The president of the International Institute for Security Studies<\/strong>, Oleksiy Buriachenko<\/strong>, stressed that increasing the cost of the war for Russia could become a factor of political pressure.<\/p>\n

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“The war must cost the Russian Federation<\/strong> as much as possible. That will, in one way or another, push the leadership toward ending it,” said Oleksiy Buriachenko<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ukraine<\/strong> is expanding its range of weapons: by 2026<\/strong> among long-range systems will be ” Flamingo<\/strong>“, ” Ad<\/strong>“, ” Palyanytsia<\/strong>“, ” Neptune<\/strong>” and other developments with ranges up to 3,000 kilometers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The head of the Center for Political Intelligence<\/strong>, Oleh Posternak<\/strong>, noted that strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation<\/strong> create domestic political challenges for the Kremlin<\/strong> and affect its social contract with the public.<\/p>\n

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“Systematic strikes by Ukraine<\/strong> on the Russian Federation<\/strong> are a challenge for the Kremlin<\/strong>. When the social contract cracks, the authorities must either explain or pretend nothing is happening,” said Oleh Posternak<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Experts separately considered the political effect of expanding the geography of attacks. In particular, they discussed whether additional military and economic costs could force the Russian Federation<\/strong> to abandon ultimatums and move to a real negotiation process.<\/p>\n

Thus, the expansion of Ukraine\u2019s long-range capabilities simultaneously affects logistics, production, energy, resource allocation and the political cost of continuing the Russian Federation<\/strong>‘s aggression. This forms a multi-layered strategic pressure on the Russian military system.<\/p>\n

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