“Experts noted that many of the best targets for strikes have moved to air bases beyond missile range.”, — write: www.unian.ua
Experts noted that many of the best targets for strikes have moved to air bases beyond missile range.
Biden allowed Ukraine to hit targets in the Russian Federation with long-range missiles / collage UNIAN, photo REUTERS, screenshotUS President Joe Biden’s permission to strike Russia with American long-range missiles is considered overdue. Military experts doubt that this step will have much significance, writes Business Insider.“While the West argued, Russia was given time to prepare, while Ukraine had to fend off attacks with its hands tied behind its back. Even now, there are still some limitations,” the publication said.
As George Barros, an analyst on Russia at the American Institute for the Study of War, said, this permission was “years late”:
“This is too little… It was an alphabetic truth that Ukraine has needed the opportunity to strike at the Russian rear for many years.”
According to Matthew Saville, a military expert at the Royal Defense Research Institute, “many of the best targets – helicopters and bombers attacking Ukrainian cities and troops in the north or in Kursk – have moved to air bases outside the range of ATACMS.”
Military operations expert at the RAND Corporation, Michael Boehnert, also called Biden’s decision late, which “will definitely limit the effectiveness of ATACMS strikes”:
“If Ukraine was able to destroy several squadrons of Su-34 and Su-35 fighters at the beginning of the year, then Russia would have much less opportunity to use planning bombs against Ukrainian positions and civilians.”
In his opinion, Ukraine can now try to use Western weapons to “disrupt the logistics and mobility of Russian and North Korean forces that are counterattacking in the Kursk region,” which will give Ukrainian forces more freedom of maneuver.
Matthew Saville added that Biden’s decision “still leaves plenty of room for strikes on military headquarters and munitions or supply points supporting Russian and North Korean forces, but it will be a reduced impact since the Ukrainians first requested these weapons.”
He believes that now Ukraine needs to “convince the new US administration that it is still worth supporting.
Attacks on Russia by Western missiles are relevantIt will be recalled that on November 25, the White House officially admitted that they had relaxed the restrictions on strikes by American weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation.
It was noted that the authorization refers to hitting “specific types of targets” “for self-defense in case of immediate need.”
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