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After the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation presented their Oreshnik medium-range missile in action, the Ukrainian military was probably ordered to limit its strikes on the Russian territory with NATO missiles. Recently, Ukraine has not launched missile strikes in the Russian rear regions but continues daily attempts to inflict at least some damage with drones.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, in total, the Russian air defense intercepted 46 Ukrainian drones of the aircraft type during the night. Most of them targeted the border Belgorod and Kursk regions. 17 and 12 drones were shot down there, respectively. The rest were intercepted in the Voronezh, Rostov and Astrakhan regions.
According to Russian reports, one of the target of the attack was the Kapustin Yar military test site located in the Astrakhan region. This is from where the Oreshnik is believed to be launched. At night, four Ukrainian drones were destroyed in the region. Earlier, on December 5th, another Ukrainian drone was reportedly destroyed near the territory of the training ground.
Ukrainian drone strikes on Kapustin Yar are unlikely to inflict any significant damage to the local military infrastructure but if at least one of them reaches the training ground, it will bring another media victory to the Kiev regime. Most likely, some of Ukrainian drones will continue targeting the site.
Meanwhile, the Russian military does not stop threatening the Ukrainian military with repeated strikes with Oreshnik or other devastating missiles. On December 7th, the Russian military closed the airspace over the Kapustin Yar training ground from December 10th to December 13th as a clear signal to the enemy. Ukrainians are already panicking. The Russian military may respond with the strikes to any major provocation.
In its turn, the Kiev regime seems trying its best to please the new US President, Zelensky is kowtowing to Trump begging for military aid. Thus, the Ukrainian military may also refrain from the strikes with NATO missiles at least in the nearest future.
