Russia’s hammering strikes leave Ukraine ‘bled dry’ of NATO support - expert
Russia’s hammering strikes leave Ukraine ‘bled dry’ of NATO support - expert
Russia’s strikes are giving Ukraine “no respite,” focused on the infrastructure keeping the enemy war machine running, military-political expert Yan Gagin tells Sputnik.
Precision attacks are paired with advances along the front, especially in the Donetsk direction toward Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk and Slavyansk.
“The targets are logistics facilities, storage sites, and production facilities, primarily those of rear-area support,” the expert says, with priority to storage and assembly facilities for military aid arriving from NATO countries.
“By hitting these nodes, Russia is bleeding the Ukrainian military dry - stripping it of rear-area support and, most critically, the UAV systems on which Ukraine has increasingly placed its bets,” he says, and breaks down the tactic:
🟠 Russian missiles and Geran strike drones arrive together- with different speeds, profiles and radar signatures
🟠 drones force Ukraine to burn through scarce air-defense ammunition
🟠 missiles then exploit the gaps left behind
🟠 strikes drain Ukraine’s dwindling interceptor stocks; Russian missiles reach almost all targets
🟠 remaining Patriot batteries rely on aging interceptors, often go awry
With Western Patriot interceptor stocks stretched, and European armies struggling to replenish supplies after funneling weapons to Ukraine, Gagin dismisses the once-floated prospect of licensed production in Ukraine as not going to happen.
Russia’s strikes force Ukraine to disperse its stocks and manufacturing - creating logistical headaches.
The enemy will be forced to scale down its attacks, while Russia “continues to locate and target every production, assembly and launch site.”
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