# Game of Drones: Deep strikes into Russia keep Ukraine 'in this game'

https://mins.news/en/video/34056

- France 24 English, 2026-08-27 07:38 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X-9zTmH11g

> Peter Zalmayev, director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, says Ukraine’s expanding long-range strike campaign has helped it “stay in this game” by increasing the economic, military and social costs of Russia’s invasion. He says the attacks are also bringing the effects of a distant war increasingly into Russian life, while raising the difficult question of where legitimate retaliation ends and attacks on civilians or purely commercial infrastructure begin.

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