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All About the Missiles Russia and Ukraine Are Firing

Workers inspect a Flamingo cruise missile at a factory in Ukraine.Photographer: Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo

Russia’s war on Ukraine has been dictated as much by events in the air as by territorial gains on the front line.

Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning heavily on combat drones, but they’re also firing a variety of missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.