Ukraine drone campaign degrades Russian energy leverage, shifts strategic balance

Ukraine's sustained drone strikes on Russian energy infrastructure are systematically reducing Moscow's ability to use energy exports as a coercive tool, according to an Atlantic Council analysis. The campaign marks a strategic reversal, turning Russia's own energy weapon against it, though the full impact on Russian revenues and military logistics remains uncertain. This development matters because it could alter the economic calculus of the war and weaken Russia's leverage over European energy markets.