Russia has reported a growing number of drone attacks deep inside its territory, with some reaching nearly 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) from the Ukrainian border, further testing the country’s air defenses as the war expands.

Drones were detected in industrial hubs in the Ural Mountains and the oil-rich region of Tyumen in Siberia.

Ukraine said at the end of last year that its drones are able to hit targets in Russia at distances of up to 1,800 kilometers. Still, Russian authorities haven’t attributed any of these drones to Ukraine and Kyiv hasn’t claimed responsibility for most of them, deepening the mystery over the strikes at sites deep inside Russia.

“Ukrainian long-range drone-missiles are demonstrating growing effectiveness,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a social media

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