Over the past two weeks, Ukraine has done something unprecedented: from Riyadh to Damascus, the country has begun building a new security axis, sealing partnerships in regions where it had been absent for decades.
Ukraine’s systematic campaign against Russian air defense systems is turning once heavily protected airspace into a network of exploitable gaps. With dozens of confirmed hits on launchers and radars in the first months of 2026 alone, Kyiv is reshaping the geometry of the battlefield and forcing Moscow into impossible choices.
Russia is routinely hit by deep strikes; Ukraine is now capable of mass-launching drones, creating its own long-range missiles, and firing them at Russian military and oil infrastructure. Four years ago, this would have been unthinkable.