Russian regions targeted by shelling at least 480 times since war in Ukraine began
Kyiv is already training drones to strike targets deep within Russia, experts believe
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in February that the country’s top priority was preventing shelling of Russian territories. Nevertheless, Russian regions are being targeted by attacks more frequently. Local authorities reported a record high of 74 strikes in February 2023 alone. Novaya-Europe tallied all the reports and concluded that Russian territories (including annexed Crimea) were targeted at least 480 times since the start of the war. Russia’s central regions — Ryazan, Tula, and Moscow regions — come under attack more and more often. In total, 195 people fell victim to these attacks, 43 of them were killed.
Novaya-Europe earlier reported that Russian governors had been reporting shelling attacks sometimes several times a day since the early autumn. In March 2023, Ukraine struck Russian regions and Crimea twice a day on average, and the record-breaking number of shelling operations was observed in February. The past three months of the war account for 40% of all Ukrainian air attacks. Russian territories are targeted 10-15 times more frequently than they were in the beginning of the invasion.
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