New blows on Tuli and St. Petersburg can disable the air defense system - ISW

In the last few days, as experts noted, Ukraine has struck a series of successful blows of drones for military purposes in the Leningrad and Tula regions of the Russian Federation. These attacks have again proved that the invaders infrastructure is poorly covered with air defense, although every time in Russia they declare "successful reflection" of attacks. Insider sources have recognized that in air defense regions, it is likely "not created to protect against south.

" Analysts believe that air defense systems in the Leningrad region are most likely to counteract potential blows from the northwest and the West. For a long time, Russia has historically built its airline in the area to protect against NATO potential attacks. The ISW drew attention to the fact that the Russian military is now forming tools to arrange them along the border with the Alliance Member States.

RF troops use small range systems, such as "punch-C1", so they will probably not be able to cover all important potential goals. This applies to Leningrad and other areas. Additional systems must be reinforced to implement protection. "And the stretch strokes in the deep rear of Russia can thus increase the overall pressure on Russian air defense," the analysts concluded.

Ukrainian drones on the night of January 18 attacked the oil depot, which is located in the territory in the Leningrad region of Russia. It is the largest terminal for transshipment of petroleum products in the Baltic region, its capacity - up to 12. 5 million tons per year. Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industry of Ukraine, said on January 18 that drones that attacked the oil depot in St. Petersburg were Ukrainian production. They overcame 1250 km.