Ukrainian drone strike kills 1 in southern Russia
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- Ukraine launched a drone strike in southern Russia that killed at least one person and ignited a fire at a sea terminal, according to AP News.
- Cross-coverage from The Economist and Business Insider frames the strike as part of a pattern in which Ukraine is reaching targets deep inside Russia, including a building Moscow had wrapped in an anti-drone cage that was subsequently struck by Ukrainian cruise missiles.
Why it matters: The sea terminal fire and the anti-drone-cage building — both hit despite Russian countermeasures — show that Ukrainian long-range strikes are now routinely reaching infrastructure in southern Russia and that Moscow is resorting to extraordinary physical defenses to protect assets far from the front lines.
