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Ukraine’s drone revolution shows Russia is dangerously unprepared. But, so is America

Kyiv has slashed Russian fuel processing capacity by a third, matching two years of Allied strategic bombing in weeks

By Chuck DeVore Fox News

Published July 10, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Ukraine targets nine Russian-linked vessels in Sea of Azov drone attack

Footage shows Ukrainian drones striking ships along routes used to supply Russian-occupied Crimea. (Credit: East2West)

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Russian missiles and Iranian-supplied drones continue to slam into Ukrainian hospitals and apartment blocks with regularity. These are not precision strikes aimed at military targets; they are clumsy, often wildly inaccurate terror attacks designed to break the will of the Ukrainian people.

In this, they echo the Nazi V-1 and V-2 "vengeance weapons" of 1944-45. Those terror weapons killed thousands of civilians in London and Antwerp, but achieved little militarily. They also mirror the Luftwaffe’s Blitz on British cities in 1940. The bombs fell — but British resolve only hardened.

The same dynamic is playing out now in Ukraine. Every Russian strike on civilians strengthens Ukrainian determination to fight on.

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Meanwhile, Ukraine has seized the initiative with a weapon the Russians has yet to counter: massed, AI-enabled drones and long-range cruise missiles produced at scale and employed with laser-like focus for operational and strategic effect.

Smoke and flames rise over Moscow on June 18, 2026, following a Ukrainian drone attack that hit the........

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