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In the wake of those losses, Moscow has moved away from heavy reliance on long-range aviation and begun depending more on ground-based ballistic and cruise missiles, Defence Blog reported.
Citing Ukrainian defense sources, Defence Blog notes the shift has become increasingly visible in recent strikes across the front-line, central, and northern regions. For much of the war, Russia’s Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers launched cruise missiles capable of reaching any target in Ukraine.
But after Ukraine’s Security Service drones struck airbases deep inside Russia, several bombers were destroyed, forcing the Kremlin to scale back long-range aviation missions. Officials now describe the move as an effort to preserve the remaining aircraft and reduce exposure to further Ukrainian attacks.
In place of strategic aviation, Russia is relying more on its Iskander missile system, deploying both ballistic and cruise variants to hit targets from safer positions within Russian-held territory.
These shorter-range missiles are being used primarily against central and left-bank areas, limiting Russia’s reach into western Ukraine without deploying bombers.
Meanwhile, Russia’s use of Kalibr and Kinzhal missiles, as well as Shahed drones, continues largely unchanged. These long-range systems remain central to Moscow’s strikes on critical infrastructure and cities, used in coordination with the newly adjusted Iskander-based pattern. Analysts say the shift highlights growing pressure on Russia’s strategic bomber fleet and the broader impact of Ukraine’s deep-strike operations under Operation Spiderweb. By exposing the vulnerability of assets once believed untouchable, Ukraine has forced Moscow to recalibrate its missile doctrine—trading reach and payload for safety and survivability.
Earlier, reports emerged that Russia has repeatedly used the 9M729 cruise missile—a weapon whose covert development once led the United States to quit a major Cold War-era arms control treaty—against Ukraine in recent months. According to Reuters, Russia has fired the ground-launched 9M729 missile at Ukraine at least 23 times since August, with two earlier launches recorded in 2022. The missile—capable of carrying either a nuclear or conventional warhead—was at the center of the 2019 US withdrawal from the INF Treaty after Washington accused Moscow of violating the pact by developing and testing weapons that exceeded the treaty’s 500-kilometer limit.
Sybiha said Moscow’s use of the INF-banned missile underscores Vladimir Putin’s “disrespect” for both the United States and President Donald Trump’s diplomatic efforts.
“Russia’s use of the INF-banned 9M729 against Ukraine in the past months demonstrates Putin’s disrespect to the United States and President Trump’s diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine,” he said in written comments to Reuters. The missile’s use expands Russia’s arsenal of long-range strike options and, according to Western analysts cited by Reuters, fits a broader pattern of Moscow using the war to project pressure on Europe as Trump pushes a new peace initiative.
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