In the last two weeks, russia has conducted several waves of strikes against Ukrainian ports on the Danube River using Iranian-produced one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles (OWA UAVs), the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
It is highly likely attempting to coerce international shipping into stopping trading via the ports.
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OWA UAVs have struck targets as close as 200 metres from the Romanian border, suggesting that russia has evolved its risk appetite for conducting strikes near NATO territory.
There is a realistic possibility that russia is using OWA UAVs to strike this area in the belief they are less likely to risk escalation than cruise missiles: russia likely considers them as acceptably accurate, and they have much smaller warheads than cruise missiles.
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