The Russian government plans to build a network of barrage balloons, called the “Barrier” protection system, to repel Ukrainian long-range drone strikes, The Telegraph reported on July 6. Ukrainian forces regularly conduct drone strikes and sabotage acts on Russian territory, targeting military bases, oil refineries, and industrial facilities, the profits of which fuel Moscow’s war efforts. A Russian aerospace firm, First Airship, has developed a ballon prototype and started testing it, according to The Telegraph. Polina Albek, the general director of First Airship, announced that her company …