Russia is forced to view the priorities of air defense because of successful attacks of Ukraine - Business Insider

According to analysts, Russia has the advantage in defense, but Ukraine is able to hit the enemy's air defense. Kyiv's success could strengthen the west's permission to use long -range weapons deep into the Russian territories. Due to the successful strikes of Ukraine, Russia's air defense has proven to be overloaded and now the country is forced to decide which objects to protect in the first place.

Therefore, new opportunities for Ukrainian attacks are emerging on weaker areas, saying experts in hostilities. This is stated in Business Insider. The Institute of War Study last month stated that Russia lacked air defense facilities to protect all the necessary facilities, even in relatively safe areas. George Barros, the ISW analyst, said if Ukraine manages to break through the first line of defense, it can penetrate more deeply into the Russian territory where there is no proper protection.

In June, Ukraine destroyed 59 Russian air defense systems - the second largest indicator for the entire war after July 2023. At that time 73 units were eliminated. Despite the fact that these data are not confirmed, the destruction of many Russian systems, including the most modern ones, has been recorded. Ukraine is forcing Russia to view priorities in defense, attacking more and more objects in the Russian territory.

Recently, Western allies allowed Kiev to use their weapons for strikes for some military purposes in Russia, while earlier the restrictions concerned only the Russian occupied territories in Ukraine. In addition, Kyiv strengthened its attacks with drones, affecting airfields and oil facilities, sometimes hundreds of kilometers deep into Russia.

Justin Bronk, Aviation Expert from the British Analytical Center Royal United Services Institute, said that Ukraine is trying to force Russia or leave its bases within a radius of several hundred miles from the border, or spend significant resources to protect them. Bronk added that satellite images in May indicate that Russia has concentrated some systems around the residence of Vladimir Putin in Valdai in Leningrad region.

According to the ISW Analytics, Riley Bailey, "Russia has no assets to cover Western Russia from regular drones of drones. " Ukraine also focused on the Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014. Ukrainian forces are running a constant campaign against Russian air defense in Crimea, which forces Russia to transfer its systems, which complicates the use of the peninsula as a military logistics hub.

Michael Clark, expert from Russia and Ukraine in Rusi and Royal College of London, noted that Ukraine in Crimea has succeeded in the destruction of some Russian radars and anti -aircraft systems. According to him, the defense forces attack the Russian air defense network, "and then use the holes they have created to pass and attack air basements or, in some cases, Sevastopol, the naval base.

" Experts believe that the current conflict has become a large extent to the war of air defense, where Russia still has an advantage. Ukrainian air defense forces are much smaller and often lack technology. Ukraine is also in a less favorable position because the United States does not allow it to use a long -range weapon for blows for purposes in the depths of Russian territories, where it stores many planes that bombard Ukraine. Providing such weapons could balance.