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Ukraine's Mid-Range Strike Campaign: Disrupting Russian Supply Lines and Air Defence

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Ukraine’s Mid-Range Strike Campaign: Disrupting Russian Supply Lines and Air Defence

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Ukraine’s Mid-Range Strike Campaign: Disrupting Russian Supply Lines and Air Defence

Clip title: Ukraine’s Mid-Range Strike Campaign - The War Against Russian Supply Lines & Air Defence Author / channel: Perun URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nb869vNCIw

Summary

The video from Perun provides a comprehensive overview of the “mid-range strike” in the Ukrainian conflict, an increasingly crucial operational layer positioned between tactical battlefield engagements and strategic long-range attacks. While short-range FPV drones dominate the immediate front lines and long-range cruise missiles target distant strategic assets, the mid-range strike focuses on disrupting enemy logistics and supply lines at operational depths, often hundreds of kilometers from the front. The speaker highlights that this domain of warfare has seen a significant and rapid escalation in 2024, indicating a pivotal evolution in the conflict’s dynamics.

The mid-range battle employs a diverse and evolving set of tools and tactics. Initially, Ukraine utilized guided multiple rocket launchers like HIMARS for precision strikes against static operational infrastructure, such as ammunition depots and command posts, proving effective in degrading Russian fire rates. However, to address moving targets and deeper objectives, Ukraine has increasingly deployed purpose-built Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). These include lighter, fixed-wing loitering munitions like the Hornet, designed as “truck hunters” due to their cost-effectiveness, autonomous targeting, and quiet operation, with ranges up to 160 km. Larger, adapted one-way attack drones, such as the Ukrainian FP-2, carry heavier payloads (e.g., 44kg to 200kg explosives) up to 200 km, targeting more valuable static infrastructure like buildings or air defense systems. Further innovations involve range-extended rotor drones and drone “motherships,” leveraging advanced technologies like Starlink for resilient communication and AI for enhanced target recognition. This growth is supported by increased domestic production, synergistic effects with SEAD/DEAD (Suppression/Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses) and long-range strike campaigns, and a multi-agency approach within the Ukrainian military.

The video uses the Southern Ukraine front (Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Crimea) as a case study to illustrate the strategic impact of the mid-range strike. The region’s geography, characterized by water bodies to the west and south, makes Russian supply lines particularly vulnerable once land-based routes become the primary option. Ukraine has systematically disrupted alternative logistical pathways: direct shipping to Crimean ports was made precarious by naval drone attacks; cross-Kerch Strait ferries and the Crimean Bridge faced significant damage and restrictions, largely barring military-sensitive cargo. This has funnelled Russian military supplies, particularly fuel and ammunition, onto the northern rail and road routes through occupied Ukrainian territory, placing them directly within the mid-range strike zone. The scale of this disruption is evidenced by official Ukrainian claims of vastly increased soft-skin vehicle losses (trucks and cars) from March to May 2024, supported by geolocated strike data. While the sheer volume of Russian vehicles means complete logistical paralysis is unlikely, these strikes dramatically increase inefficiency, risk, and operational costs for Russia. This, in turn, diverts critical manpower and air defense assets away from the front line to protect logistics, impacts civilian life in occupied territories through fuel rationing and restrictions, and potentially constrains Russia’s ability to sustain large-scale offensives, or even sets conditions for future Ukrainian counter-offensives. The continuous expansion of the drone “kill zone” further into operational depth signifies a critical shift in the nature of warfare that militaries worldwide should closely observe.

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Drones have come to redefine just about every part of the war in Ukraine, so what’s one more? Drones have turned the frontline into a UAS saturated kill zone and provided Russia and Ukraine an accessible long-range strike tool.

Now, Ukraine is using them at greater scale against mid-range targets, most notably Russian air defences, and the supply lines that underpin Russia’s entire military effort.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PerunAU

Reading and Sourcing (Partial):

Tochnyi- Logistics Lockdown: Disrupting the Road Logistics Network of Russia in the Occupied Territories of Ukraine https://tochnyi.info/2026/05/logistics-lockdown-disrupting-the-road-logistics-network-of-russia-in-the-occupied-territories-of-ukraine/

Footage of Boikiy in Dock https://x.com/UAControlMap/status/2062574149361418703

Putin speaking on Oreshnik https://x.com/Gianl1974/status/2062592413122589179

Hits on Russian ships in Azov ports https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/2062828044197175579

USF leaderboard and recent claims https://sbs-group.army/en/subdivision/usf_grouping/?period=monthly_5

https://x.com/414magyarbirds/status/2062571271544557801

Reporting on Ferry strikes https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russian-conro-trader-ferry-sinks-in-port-kavkaz-after-attack/

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/2032849479146103180

Kerch Bridge Strikes and closures

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/8/fuel-tank-ablaze-at-bridge-linking-russia-to-crimea-reports

https://odessa-journal.com/ukrainian-navy-russian-logistics-under-pressure-as-ukraine-targets-crimean-supply-routes

Crimean fuel shortages https://odessa-journal.com/ukrainian-navy-russian-logistics-under-pressure-as-ukraine-targets-crimean-supply-routes

Shipping loss in Berdyansk (2022) https://www.twz.com/44925/russian-navy-ship-that-exploded-in-ukrainian-port-seen-totally-destroyed-in-satellite-image

Ukraine claims on mid-range strike campaign https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-hammers-russia-land-corridor-crimea/

Russian transport project construction in occupied territories https://www.reuters.com/investigations/welcome-new-russia-how-kremlin-is-remaking-occupied-ukraine-2026-03-26/

Reporting on midstrike efforts https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-takes-aerial-control-over-part-of-land-route-to-russian-occupied-crimea-military-says/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjp0n7rn41o

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkirichenko/2026/05/30/why-ukraine-is-mining-russian-supply-routes-with-drones/

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/03/ukraine-mid-range-drones-russia-war-success/

https://tvpworld.com/93554517/ukraine-hammers-russian-logistics-to-crimea-in-historic-campaign

Reporting on FP-2 and relevant warheads https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraines-fp-2-drone-now-carries-200-kg-warhead-for-deep-strikes-into-russia-19145

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/fire-point-deep-strike-fp-2-105-kg-warhead/

Saint Petersburg Strikes https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0e2vqd3j1vo

Featured article on FPV range extension https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2026/06/02/ukraines-new-fpvs-hit-targets-sixty-miles-behind-russian-lines/

Restrictions on civilian transport to Crimea https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/06/russia-reportedly-restricts-bus-and-private-car-movement-on-main-arteries-through-occupied-territories-capping-two-weeks-of-land-corridor-breakdown/

ISW on Intermediate Strike Campaign https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/ukraines-intermediate-range-strike-campaign-and-new-mechanized-attacks-herald-the-start-of-a-new-phase-of-the-war/

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Timestamps: 00:00:00 — Intro 00:01:00 — What Am I Talking About? 00:03:06 — the Mid-range Battle 00:06:41 — Long-Range Strike 00:10:59 — Everything in Between 00:19:47 — History and Evolution 00:30:54 — the Ukrainian Campaign 00:41:07 — Significance and Trends 00:53:39 — Why Does This Matter? 00:57:57 — Channel Update

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