Putin’s War in Ukraine Comes Home as 8300 Anti-Moscow Incidents Hit Russia in 2025

Paul Goble

            Staunton, Dec. 22 – Over the last 12 months, there have been 8300 military actions directed against Moscow on the territory of the Russian Federation, according to new research carried out by Novaya Gazeta Europe, newly half of them involved drone attacks and only slightly fewer Ukrainian military actions on Russian territory.

            The paper reports that 48 percent of these incidents involved drone attacks, 41 percent direct military action by Ukrainian forces on Russian territory, three percent rocket and artillery attacks from Ukraine onto targets in Russia, and seven percent other military actions (novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/12/22/novaia-evropa-v-2025-godu-v-rossii-proizoshlo-83-tysiachi-voennykh-intsidentov-news).

            While the number of drone attacks has been on the rise – up by 33 percent since the end of 2024 -- the other forms of Ukrainian attacks on Russia have been reduced In number as Western governments providing assistance to Kyiv have limited the kind of actions that Ukrainian forces can take while making use of aid these countries have provided. 

            As a result of Western restrictions since January 2025, the number of rocket attacks has declined by two-third, the number of military actions at sea by half, and the use of bombs dropped by aircraft has fallen by more than three-quarters. These declines all began in March when the US and other countries placed limits on how Kyiv could use weapons they supplied.