UAVs are not missiles, but they are very effective: experts on Kyiv attacks on Russian territory – WSJ –

Although the West does not allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons, Kyiv is actively using drones.

Even this tactic has brought its advantages to Ukraine: it is possible that the Kremlin will remove its aircraft from the front line as far as possible.

Justin Bronk, an employee of the Royal Institute of Armed Forces (London, Great Britain), said that the strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the military airfields cause pain to the Russian Federation, but, from a strategic point of view, they have not yet caused harm. damage, the resource states The Wall Street Journal.

However, if the Kremlin does not take at least some action, the problem will be very serious in the future. If the Kremlin decides to remove aircraft from the front line as far as possible, it will have to reset air defense systems at the same time. As a result, all front areas will be vulnerable to attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

If Russian military aircraft are moved far from the front line, it will also take a long time to “get” to the bombing site, which is why Kiev has recently reported a reduction in air traffic on the ground. Ukraine.

At the same time, Ukrainian forces can shoot at enemy aircraft, but for this purpose they need to move air defense closer to the front line.

Douglas Barry, an employee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London, Great Britain), believes that a single drone cannot replace missiles. However, the great advantage of the drone is that it is effective even if it is shot down by an enemy air defense system.

Before that Discussion.UA reports that analysts from ISW explained the reason enemy aircraft he became so active in Ukraine.

Let’s remember that in order to save surface-to-air missiles, the Armed Forces of Ukraine started destroying kamikaze drones using helicopters.”Mi-8“.

Author:
Dmitry Myronenko