What will be the response of the Russian Federation: why a blow to "Voronezh-DM" is a big event (photo)

Satellite images confirmed a blow to the Voronezh-DM fireplace, which is part of the nuclear restraint of the Russian Federation. On May 23, Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian radar station "Voronezh-DM". The radar is located in the Krasnodar region. The War Zone explained why this is a significant event. Satellite images confirmed that the Voronezh-DM radar station was attacked. This is the first attack of its kind on the object, which is part of the strategic defense of the Russian Federation.

The war went on to another dimension, write in the publication. The Armavir radar station is located in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation. The fireplace radar is part of the Russian early nuclear missile warning system. The author notes that the radar grille is very sensitive by itself, so even relatively small damage can lead to its failure. Damage reduces the ability of the Russian Federation to identify threats.

It was suggested that the targeting on the armavir could be explained by the fact that it reveals the strikes of the Ballistic missiles of ATACMS in the Crimea, which are supplied to Ukraine from the United States. The peculiarity of the enabled radar is that it cannot see the target at a distance below 20 km, and therefore not the fact that Voronezh-DM is able to see blows in the Crimea at a small distance.

However, the most important thing here is not the disguise of the use of ATACMS, but the object of attack itself. "Voronezh-DM" is part of a large strategic network of early warning, the loss of which can worsen the detection of nuclear threats to the Russian Federation. In addition, armavir attack may meet the conditions that the Russian government publicly outlined in 2020 on actions that can provoke a nuclear strike.

"Conditions that determine the possibility of nuclear weapons use by the Russian Federation include any attack of the enemy on critically important government or military objects of the Russian Federation, the disorganization of which will lead to a blasting of nuclear forces," the Russian Federation said. Now the question of how Russia will answer the actions of Ukraine. Potentially the Kremlin can start threatening nuclear weapons again.