Without red lines: what will be struck by US aircraft for purposes in the sky over the Russian Federation
At the beginning of the invasion of the Russian army in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine asked the United States to afford American weapons for purposes within the Russian Federation. Many officials supported this idea, including Anthony Blinken Secretary of State, but the White House delayed the answer. But there is a nuance: Washington did not limit the use of air defense systems, said The Washington Post (WP) with reference to statements by US officials.
The concern about Russia's promotion on the battlefield is increasing. Washington faces the pressure of key European allies that require Ukraine to use the whole nomenclature of the US weapons provided, not only against missiles or fighters over the Russian Federation. The White House emphasizes that missile strikes in Russia will cause Moscow's more aggressive answer and increase the world prices for energy.
But if you do not attack the accumulation of the invaders and their equipment on the other side of the border, it will reduce the ability of the Ukrainian forces to defend themselves, quotes WP one of NATO officials during his arrival in Bulgaria. The Armed Forces has the experience of destroying aircraft in the sky over Russia. On May 13, 2023, five Russian aircraft over the Bryansk region, said the Air Force Expricker Yuri Ignat, said in five minutes.
Among the goals are Su-34 and Su-35 fighters, two helicopter complexes of radio electronic suppression of Mi-8MTPR-1 and a multi-purpose Mi-8 helicopter. "Thanks to non -standard actions, Patriot units destroyed five sides in the Bryansk direction at five minutes, from where our northern regions were bombarded by managed aircraft," Ignat said. The event then threatened to stop supplying missiles to Ukraine for the Patriot complex, fearing repetition of operations.
According to the former deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Igor Romanenko, such obvious prohibitions work at a minus for Ukraine. This was especially noticeable during the breakthrough of Russian troops in Kharkiv region. "Russia is bombing Kharkiv from aircraft, and the Armed Forces cannot be hit by any Western projectile. If you do not fight Russian aviation, the bombs will break Kharkiv and further - they will take turns flying from the airfields.
It is worth using their Soviet resources and Western. " Notes Romanenko in a conversation with focus. The strokes of aerodromes in Russia, according to the analyst, should be applied at the same frequency as in military facilities in Crimea. It is better that aviation does not fly at all, and here the French-Italian SAMP-T air defense complexes with German IRIS-T can help.
In addition to US Patriot air defense systems with aviation bomb starts will help you to cope with AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles for F-16 aircraft with a range of targets up to 180 kilometers. One fighter takes on board up to six rockets, says the focus of the Colonel of the Armed Forces Petro Chernik. "10 carriers have shot down, and the Russians will stop using them.
The Allies need an official permission to strike in the sky over the Russian Federation and appropriate equipment," the military expert said. Air-earth landscapes at AGM-158B JASSM-ER range up to 900 kilometers can be destroyed at aerodromes. Jassm-XR modification with a flight range up to 1900 km is capable of disabled all fighters at the aerodrome in Engels of Saratov region, not to mention the accumulation of troops.
Sweden and Poland allowed Ukraine to be killed in Russia, but these countries did not transfer serious long -range weapons. For the most part, deliveries were dominated by armored vehicles, portable anti-aircraft missile complexes and artillery installations. The exception is the United Kingdom with long -range Storm Shadow missiles.
London had previously allowed Kiev to beat rockets in the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces already successfully used them, said the adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yuri Sak. "Western artillery is 30 kilometers and 10 kilometers of the Lancet Buffer zone. The guns will have to be removed from the front, they will be in vain.
The Russian side tries to convince the West of the inadmissibility of the escalation of the war and threatens to move to the next level of confrontation in the event of long -range attacks. But the issue at a new level of escalation remains open: almost all types of Russian weapons have tested against Ukraine except nuclear.
The third year of the Russian Federation is threatening the world for helping Ukraine "red lines", which by popularity have surpassed the "last Chinese warning", notes the coordinator of the group "Information resistance" Alexander Kovalenko. "During the war with Ukraine, the" last red lines ", which threatens everyone around. After the crossing of the next one, it draws a new [line].
The same case when a country whose threat was seriously perceived by the whole world just a few years Therefore, she turned into a smile, "he said. Petro Chernik adds that even after strokes on the Voronezh-M-m-muzzle stations, there was no nuclear stroke. The Russian nuclear doctrine indicates that strategic restraint strategic strategic strategic strategical use of nuclear weapons. "The wolf is afraid - not to go to the forest.
How else to win the Russian troops? We need to use missiles," he summed up. Recall that some precision weapons from the United States have been ineffective during hostilities in Ukraine. For example, Excalibur and JDAM artillery shells were considered powerful, but now they do not give benefits to Ukraine's defense forces, The Washington Post wrote. An additional IRIS-T SLM air defense installation has recently arrived in Ukraine. The medium -range system destroys air targets up to 40 kilometers.