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Inside a secretive Ukrainian team launching deep drone strikes at Russia

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Ukraine's military is operating secretive drone strike teams targeting Russian infrastructure deep inside Russian territory. According to NPR, which recently embedded with one of these units, the drones fly as far as twelve hundred miles to hit oil refineries and fuel depots across Russia. The long-range strikes mark a significant escalation in Ukraine's use of unmanned systems in the ongoing war.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/27/g-s1-129704/ukraine-long-r...

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