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The Ukrainian blow to the oil depot in Engels is worth the attention on its own,...

Dirives Russian Sky: As a blow to Engels exposed the critical problems of air defense

The Ukrainian blow to the oil depot in Engels is worth the attention on its own, but the military observer Alexander Kovalenko focuses on another. This blow showed, and for the first time, that a critical deficit of air defense has been formed in Russia . . . a blow to the oil depot in Engels . . . Interesting, quite a little. The hit on Engels was a clear one.

Not only is the largest base for strategic aviation and, accordingly, there are storage facilities, both aviation fuel and ammunition for combat departments. No, I want to pay attention to another. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, during the period of full -scale invasion of Ukraine, 1,038 air defense units destroyed, damaged, excavated. As of today, the ROV air defense category is the least compensated.

This is due to the fact that the production of air defense in Russia - units for a month, recovery - similar. While the moon is lost on average three dozen air defense agents, they can only produce and restore a few. Currently, Russia has become a phase of critical deficit of air defense! But this is only an explanatory part. Neither the USSR, nor the Russia, could never close its airspace completely.

That in the USSR, in Russia there were always areas that had a full-fledged aircraft aircraft, there were areas for such a so-a-sun, and there were simply white spots, holes in areas of tens of thousands of square kilometers. In the period from 2022 to 2023, the Moscow region and the Crimea were considered to be the most protected. But there were also strong middle grounds, which also belonged to the Saratov region. In general, since the USSR, this region had a fairly good echelorated air defense.

But . . . But recently, export air defense equipment was repeatedly recorded in the Russian regions, which indicates the removal or even redemption of these regulated means to compensate for the lack of SPRC. Not so long ago, I published a post in which I disassembled the bravuraous propaganda reporting of the Russian media about air defense in the Moscow region, where the unique Arctic complex of the SAC "Arcade-Sas" was illuminated.

Designed for the Arctic region and its super -conditions, the complex now protects Moscow. And what happened? However, not about Moscow, but that one of the most important regions, the Saratov region, is not for the first time under a blow, and deny the success of the present - it is unreasonable. Was the fragments? Are you serious? Ukraine continues to methodically exhaust Russian air defense and in parallel strikes on critical objects.

In his turn, the Kremlin, which is on Rubicon on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, has not been able to demonstrate anything to convince the 47th President of the United States that he needs to negotiate with him, not to be dug. In Kursk, the failure, on Engels, a bright arrival, the operational and tactical importance of tasks to the inauguration of the ROV in the database did not fulfill.

Somehow, Russia is not particularly confident in the 2025th year, although it was planned to sow ultimatums and requirements. But if it has come from the words of President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky on the production of shock drones and missiles, Ukraine has not even started blows in Russia. It was all preparation, say so - softening the meat before frying. The author expresses a personal opinion that may not coincide with the editorial position.