Artillery and mortar craters pierce the ground next to a destroyed Russian tank, on October 23, 2022 in Kam'yanka, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of launching a massive attack on his country's energy grid causing around 1.5 million households to be left without electricity. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
Artillery and mortar craters pierce the ground next to a destroyed Russian tank, on October 23, 2022 in Kam'yanka, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of launching a massive attack on his country's energy grid causing around 1.5 million households to be left without electricity. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine moves toward ‘War of Drones’ as winter looms

While President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s forces have no direct equivalents in their arsenal to fire back with, they’re finding other ways to respond.
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By Marc Champion

(Bloomberg) — President Vladimir Putin's swift and severe response to an attack on his Black Sea fleet reflects a war that is increasingly marked by a duel between long range Russian missiles and Ukraine's innovative array of drones and truck bombs.

Putin on Monday made clear why he was suspending Russia's involvement in a deal that for three months had allowed much-needed Ukrainian grain to be shipped to global markets: He wants to secure the Russian Navy's ships after an attack by air and sea drones. 

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