The Ukrainian drone attack on Russian strategical aviation in Russia is undoubtedly a Ukrainian success, even if the actual number of destroyed Russian machines is lower than that declared by Ukraine.
The attack confirms that peculiar operations, during which tiny troops inflict severe losses on the opponent are doing well. It besides shows the scale of the threat of drone attacks. The vastness, which was an crucial asset during the large Patriotic War and allowed the russian Union to repel the Germans, unfortunately besides has its negative side. It's hard to safe the border of specified a vast country from the diversions. On the another hand, and without crossing the border, Russia now has respective million Ukrainians on its territory, among whom Ukrainian peculiar services surely have their seconded men. These people are just waiting for the right time to take part in an operation or simply collect information about whether they are conducting diversionary activities, e.g. by starting fires weakening both the structures of the FR armed forces and the Russian economy.
However, I am puzzled by the scale of the Russian omission in this war. all war brings amazing solutions, which are hard to predict, is simply a fact, but not drawing conclusions from the apparent facts harms the welfare of the state. Russia is emboldening a state that, on any episodes, does not draw any conclusions from this war. I'm amazed Russia keeps its most precious military aircraft in the open alternatively of in shelters. However, the deficiency of anti-aircraft defence systems protecting airports, refineries, fuel retention and ammunition retention is even more surprising. Apart from the Ukrainian threat, akin attacks could be carried out by terrorists, so it shocks the Russian scale of carelessness and disregard of the opponent.
Russia is clearly incapable to safe not only inferior warehouses, but besides those types of weapons which, alongside atomic weapons, are an crucial component of the Russian military advantage over the vast majority of countries in the world. The celebrated Russian anti-aircraft defence strategy Pancyr, who dealt with Ukrainian drones in 2014 in Crimea, is now virtually invisible. Part of the kits, possibly even 1/3, were destroyed, and the remainder of them neglect to cope with the latest types of drones that Ukrainian troops usage to attack Russian targets. Besides, there are far besides fewer of them to have thousands of points on the map of Russia that should be provided with anti-aircraft defence kits. If Russia does not break Ukrainian positions, the next months of this war appear to be a powerful exchange of blows between both sides of the conflict. The drone war can last for months and its goal may be not so much to break the deadlock on the front, but to weaken the economy and military possible of the opponent.
Today Russia sends more drones to Ukrainian targets in 1 weekend than a year and a half ago. It is said that Russia's production capacity (a state that according to propaganda uses elements of Ukrainian washing machines for deficiency of parts) is now up to a 1000 drones per day. Any specified drone can practically destruct or severely harm a tank.
The drone wars are the most crucial change in the way war has been waged practically since planet War II. For 3 decades, the more many and better-armed Azerbaijanes were incapable to cope with the little many but more battlesome Armenians, who utilized the terrain sculpture and the perfect placement of their own positions chessd the Azers. This would have been further if it had not been for the Azera massacred attack on Armenian positions in 2022, now perfectly dug tanks of the Armenian artillery station were decimated by precise drone strikes. A richer Azerbaijan had money on Israeli drones that gave the Azerbaijanes a real advantage. Since 2022, the function of drones in the Russian-Ukrainian war has grown rapidly, and they are successfully utilized against the American Huti movement. Let us ask ourselves – are the right conclusions drawn over the Vistula River? Is the equipment purchased the 1 that will be successful in confronting them with drone swarms?
Arkadius Miksa
