Key Takeaways from the ISW:
- Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign continues to exploit overstretched Russian air defenses to damage oil infrastructure and military assets in Russia and occupied Crimea.
- Russian milbloggers criticized Russian air defense failures on the heels of the successful Ukrainian strike campaign against Russian oil and defense industrial infrastructure.
- Russia appears to be leveraging Russian SIM cards with international roaming data capability in Ukrainian border areas to support its long-range strike campaign against Ukraine.
- The United States extended on April 17 the waiver allowing Russia to sell its existing seaborne oil until May 16.
- Russian forces advanced in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area.
- Russian forces launched 219 long-range drones against Ukraine.
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