{"id":7403,"date":"2026-03-25T18:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/?p=7403"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:14:36","slug":"russia-fires-nearly-1000-drones-at-ukraine-in-24-hours-killing-at-least-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/2026\/03\/25\/russia-fires-nearly-1000-drones-at-ukraine-in-24-hours-killing-at-least-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia fires nearly 1,000 drones at Ukraine in 24 hours, killing at least eight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Link to article: https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20260324-russia-launches-nearly-1000-drones-ukraine-in-24-hours<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently Russia fired close to 1000 drones in Ukraine in one day. over 500 were fired during the day, and over 300 at night. The attack killed 8 people all across Ukraine. The attacks have been targeting civilian facilities like a maternity hospital, church, and several residential facilities. Zelensky is very upset with the attack far from the front lines in Lviv that damaged a UNESCO world heritage site. It is almost certain that attacks from Russia will continue, and Ukraine plans to continue to fight back. Many were rushed to hospitals to seek aid. These attacks also cut a vital power line from Moldova to Europe, leading to the declaration of a state of emergency. Another nuclear power line was also cut in the south of Ukraine. This is currently being considered one of Russia’s biggest day time attacks on Ukraine since the war started. Ukraine is also worried about their weapons supply amid the US war in the Middle East. Now Ukraine is looking to negotiate with the US to continue support, offering experts to help with the situation in the Middle East. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this event will have a huge impact on the region. With the war seeming to be heating up and likely to cause more pain in the rest of Europe. In particular, Moldova’s power line will likely lead to more stress Transnistria, making the current divide even harder to control. Other countries like Hungary and Slovakia will also likely feel the energy effects of this attack, and might push them into more talks with Russia. For Ukraine this is an extremely bad situation. With recent Russian sanctions lifted by the US, Russia will be gaining economically which can further fuel their military. And if the US has its hands tied in the Middle East Ukraine will likely lose supplies. These aspects will likely lead to Ukraine needing to search for some negotiations and maybe allowing some Russian annexation, or seek another exit ramp from the war entirely. I think Russia will likely continue, if not increase, attacks on Ukraine to push action. Other European countries are likely to pressure Ukraine to go to the table with Russia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This connects to what we learned in class about security. With European countries like Moldova and Hungary prioritizing their sovereignty and economy over the war in Ukraine. Working against Ukraine even though they are allies reflects much of realist theory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Link to article: https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20260324-russia-launches-nearly-1000-drones-ukraine-in-24-hours Recently Russia fired close to 1000 drones in Ukraine in one day. over 500 were fired during the day, and over 300 at night. The attack killed 8 people all across Ukraine. The attacks have been targeting civilian facilities like a maternity hospital, church, and several residential facilities. Zelensky is very upset with the attack far… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":343,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7403"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7413,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7403\/revisions\/7413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/europeandrussiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}