"Soviet classics": the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation create new landing and assault brigades-wild

According to him, these new crews are intended for landing from helicopters and attacking the fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the rear. Wild added that these units are designed to accomplish special tasks for landing and intelligence in the rear of Ukrainian defense lines. According to information from Russian military correspondents, it is envisaged that these operations will be carried out through the landing of helicopters for prompt deployment of personnel.

He noted that earlier the Russian soldiers had already used similar tactics during the first battles at Gostomel Airport near Kiev on February 24, 2022. "The helicopter landing is also the Soviet classic. The first thing mentioned is the capture of the Kabul airport from which the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan began. And we have in the fresh memory of the fighting for the Gostomel airport. Then about 100 helicopters were involved at the same time.

Even the Americans did not do it, " - said Eugene Wild. Even a large -scale operation of a helicopter landing involved the capture of the airport. In this scenario, heavy equipment had to go to Kiev directly from Gostomel. However, the events did not develop as expected. Thus, despite the absolute advantage in the Russian Armed Forces and limited opportunities for knocking down their helicopters, the landing operation was still failure.

"At the same time we have aircraft now - what can you hope here? , and they were driven from those airfields that are included in this radius, "Wild said. According to him, in fact, overcoming a distance of 160 kilometers is a significant test for a helicopter. It is extremely difficult to work at a distance that is twice as far as the fuel volume allows you to reach one way, and a return is required immediately.

The use of a helicopter becomes insonuable if even half an hour of work on the front is insufficient. "We have actually solved the problem of shock helicopters atacams by three airfields in Russia. In a situation where we have such a dense air defense, even their front aircraft does not risk flying the front line, but works only on our part of the cabin," - said Aydar's eccomander. .

According to the wild, the Armed Forces avoid the intersection of the front line, since nowadays the destruction of their helicopters is actually guaranteed. They have repeatedly encountered serious losses in aviation due to such maneuvers. "In this situation, putting on the helicopters is very naive," the wild summed up. The Institute of War Study (ISW) warns that Russia can prepare for the direction of airborne units for landing in the rear zone of the front, especially in the Kharkiv area.

An illustration is a possible scenario that unfolds in Gostomel at the beginning of a large -scale offensive. However, the enemy does not have additional reserves for the offensive. Lieutenant of Defense Forces, Deputy Head of Center for Disinformation Andriy Kovalenko stated that the probability of "Gostomel scenario" near Kharkov is small. He explained that this is due to the presence of remedies in the Armed Forces of Ukraine that can quickly resist any helicopters and aircraft.