How Ukraine is Disrupting the Russian Missile Kill Chain

They’re not just shooting down Russian missiles — they’re going after missile infrastructure.

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While the Russian military has been struggling to achieve any offensive momentum whatsoever on the ground in Ukraine, there is one capability that Russia seems to enjoy using more than all others: cruise missile and drone bombardment.

Last October I wrote that Russia was running low on precision munitions.

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Yet, months later they are still routinely firing cruise missiles and suicide drones at the civilian population of Ukraine.

So, what gives?

Well, it might not feel like it to Ukrainians, who must live under this threat daily, but the tempo and volume of Russian missile bombardment have decreased significantly.

Weapons researchers from the Conflict Armament Research (CAR) group, a UK-based weapons tracking organization, have tracked many of the munitions that have been fired at Ukraine over the past several months.