Zelenskyy on long-range strikes: Drones will be flying over 3,000 km soon, we’ll go further

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine is developing drones capable of flying more than 3,000 km and intends to continue expanding its long-range strike capabilities against targets inside Russia.

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with TSN.Tyzhden, a Ukrainian TV news show

Quote: "We are now at the stage where our defence industry, our defence forces and our manufacturing sector have begun this process – bringing the war back to Russia. It will happen. They strike us every day, and we will retaliate every day. Naturally, the scale of our response will continue to grow.

Yesterday we responded by striking an oil refinery in Tyumen Oblast. As the crow flies, it is 2,070 km away. Our FP drones hit their target. Their flight path was 2,500 km. The next generation will be able to fly more than 3,000 km. These are new drones, good drones. We will keep moving forward. We know where all of their military factories, oil depots, gas storage facilities and other sites are located. We need tools that can reach further, and that is exactly what we are developing."

Details: Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine had finally begun to inflict painful blows on Russia this year.

He added that such strikes were an element of justice which, in his view, the international community has so far failed to deliver with regard to Russia.

Background: On 20 June, Zelenskyy announced that Ukrainian drones had struck oil-processing facilities in Tyumen, more than 2,000 km from Ukraine's border.

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