Ukraine's large-scale, coordinated drone strikes on Russia's high-value aircraft on Sunday packed a punch against part of Moscow's military that had been relatively unscathed by the war in Ukraine. But they have likely also benefited a NATO scrambling to prepare for a possible war with Russia,

Ukraine unleashed more than a hundred drones smuggled deep into Russia in what it called its most damaging attack yet.

In the pre-dawn hours of June 1, 2025, a swarm of cheap but effective Ukrainian drones streaked across Russian skies, heading toward four major Russian airfields. Within hours, plumes of black smoke began rising from Engels,