 A senior Ukrainian official said on September 1 that drone strikes on Russian soil were set to increase and that a spate of recent such attacks showed that the war in Ukraine was gradually shifting to Russia. In an interview with Reuters, presidential adviser Mikhail Potoliak said Ukraine had ramped up at strikes on occupied areas, but he distanced Kiev from attacks on Russia, which he said were being carried out by agents or Russian partisans inside Russia. Moscow officials say Kiev has directed a slew of drone attacks of increasing scale and frequency at its western regions in recent weeks. This week, Kiev cheered the destruction of several military transport planes in Russia, but has shied away from claiming responsibility for attacks on Russia. Few observers doubt Ukraine is behind the drone strikes. As the attacks have increased in frequency, Kiev has touted its progress in developing long-range strike weapons to redress an imbalance in capabilities that allowed Russia to bombard targets in Ukraine from hundreds of miles away without Kiev being able to respond in kind. The first attack on occupied areas in Ukraine has increased in size, including in the Kremlin, the Russian Federation has increased the number of uninstalled drones that are launched from the territory of the Russian Federation, and the number of them will increase. Because this is the third step in the progress of combat actions on the territory of the Russian Federation. If we talk about the attacks that we see today on occupied areas, by the way, on the territory of the Russian Federation, all of this is involved in partisan movements or countermeasures that work on the territory of the Russian Federation, which has increased the number of people who take this direct part. If we consult with Ukraine after the war, we will thoroughly understand how effectively our special services have worked in this direction.