Ukraine: High-Tech 'Kill Zones’ And The New Economics Of Warfare (S01E73)

badlands podcast by borzou daragahi · May 21, 2026 · 56m

Thursday, May 21, 2026, Istanbul

Ukraine stunned the world last weekend with a fresh, robust drone and missile strike on Russia’s capital.

It wasn’t the first Ukrainian attack on Moscow, but it was most definitely the most robust, targeting Russian energy infrastructure in an attempt to decrease Russia’s ability to wage war.

In an exceptional and insightful interview, Ukrainian analyst Anastasiya Shapochkina, of the Eastern Circles think tank in Paris, discusses the latest attack and how it is the result of an ongoing tech-driven with ever murkier rules of engagement and frontlines.

“The…