Russia reels from surprise Ukrainian attack on bomber fleet

The bombers that Russia can never rebuild. A fleet is so Mauld so that it can force Moscow to reconsider how Ukraine campaigns. Deep hitting Russian soil that reveals the price of long war – even against a weak enemy.

There is also a scale of operations, such as Ukraine’s weekend drone toll, such as satellite images and expert evaluation.

Ukraine’s courage – plot for 18 months to hide Drone Thousands of kilometers away from Kiev, in military airports hitting the military airports – the loss of materials made with the Russian bomber forces was originally matched.

Although the impact on Russia’s nuclear power is embarrassing, the attack is expected to affect daily operations in the attack UkraineAnalysts say.

Perhaps the most important for Kiev, Ukraine was also able to show – on the eve Stop In Istanbul – it is capable of transferring mobility to the battlefield, forcing the Kremlin to take a new reality where its deep goals in its region becomes weak without the use of Western weapons.

Michael Kofman, a military analyst for international peace, says Ukraine strikes “undoubtedly reduced Russia’s stand-off strike chances”, destroying the aircraft that would fight to replace Russia.

Cofman added, “Although the Russian bomber aircraft’s fleet may not be enough to stop the strike on Ukraine, it has shown that the war continues to carry out the true expenses in Russia’s status as a military force,” Kofman added.

The brave core operation, which hit the drone trafficking in Russia and attacked the trucks on their disguised crates, hit the aircraft capable of deploying both conventional and nuclear weapons.

The estimates are still different in the specific number of hits. Ukraine has claimed that more than 5 aircraft were damaged or destroyed; Russia has only acknowledged the “several units of fire aircraft equipment”. Other evaluation of open-source researchers suggest that the actual number of destruction or damaged aircraft is more than 10 to 12.

It will even identify a significant injury in the Russian war attempt in both operational and political cases.

Several analysts told the Financial Times that the aircraft was damaged and destroyed by the strike by about 20 percent of the long-range aircraft prepared in Russia’s operational. These aircraft are designed to provide heavy paidloads within a long distance travel and target countries.

Fabian Hoffman, a Doctoral Research Fellow of Oslo University, says that many bombs were the maintenance of the aircraft, “these aircraft were among the most effective, especially the losses.”

Russia used target bombers to launch civilian targets during the most recent mass attacks in Ukraine, former NATO weapons control official at Stimson Center, William Alberk said.

“They created so much trouble and distress,” he said. “It was a direct way to hurt the back and to prevent future attacks.”

Now, there will be no less bomber aircraft to attack Russia’s Ukraine but also to consider changing its strategies. It includes whether it may risk to combine the aircraft, which recently used such an approach to launch a mass strike on Ukraine.

“If they have to spread further to the protection of Russia, it will directly reduce the ability to staged the massacre and overwhelm the Ukrainian air defense guarding guard,” added Alberk.

This situation has become more complicated by targeting Soviet TU -1 and TU -22M3 -bomb attackers.

The operation “Russia currently hit the strategic bombing”, Ukrainian military analyst and former Air Force officer Olexis Mellhenic said. “They are lost.”

“This is an epic failure from a professional point of view and the Russians have to find answers to some very difficult questions and to blame someone.”

The apparent neglect of the Russian military leadership, which has left openly open strategic carrier, has spread a wave of anger in the warplane Z-Community of Telegram bloggers.

“Some shelters were tied together for strategic aircraft, nothing was done for strategic fleet, though these aircraft were out of production for a long time and could not be replaced,” Riber wrote that ZD-Channel, founded by a former Russian Defense Ministry official.

Riber added, “The strike was a serious injury and otherwise it should not be suggested that the subotage is self-disturbed Verging.”

The lost fleet of Moscow can completely leave the attempt to replace, which may take time “years, even for decades”, said Sics Center Alberk.

The influence on Russia’s nuclear doctrine, which is President Vladimir Putin Revised last year In order to reduce the marginalization for its use, it can probably be limited.

Nuclear threesome – a structure containing land, sea and aircraft promoters – Russia depends at least for a long time due to their high weakness. The attack may already accelerate a shift towards more dependence on another career.

Hoffman from Oslo University said the Russian strategic bombers made up to 10 percent of the country’s strategic nuclear distribution system. He said the submarines were about 30 percent of the strategic nuclear distribution system, while land -based systems were about 605 percent.

The attack, however, has indicated to Moscow that even far away from the Ukrainian border, territories can no longer be considered safe. “There is an idea among the Russians that the perfect size of the country gives a strategic depth – a type of sanctuary,” said Albark. “What the Ukrainians have done is a strike at the center of this assumption.”

For Ukraine, the complex expedition works by displaying the country’s determination, and even Moscow maintains the highest demand in the initial discussion.

During the first round discussion held in mid -May, Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Russian delegation, compared to the 21 -year war between Russia and Sweden to emphasize the desire to fight Russia for a long time in the eighteenth century.

“This operation is also a way to ask if they are sure about it, they are sure that they will continue this war for many years and to be able to withstand this national damage,” said Mellhenic of the Rajamkov Center.

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