Russia's Greatest Defense — Its Sheer Size — Just Became Its Biggest Vulnerability
For three centuries, Russia's best defense wasn't an army — it was distance. Napoleon and Hitler both broke against the sheer vastness of Russian territory. Ukrainian long-range drones have now inverted that logic: every additional mile of Russia is another mile the Kremlin can't afford to defend, and the strikes are reaching all the way to Siberia.
Bottom Line
Ukraine has weaponized Russia's geography against it. The strikes on refineries as far as Siberia aren't just about fuel — they force the Kremlin into an impossible allocation problem, spreading finite air defenses across an indefensible expanse while bringing the war home to Russian civilians for the first time at scale. This is a genuine trend, not a blip: each successful deep strike proves the concept and invites the next one.