The uncertainty of the United States on Russian strikes contributes to the shelling of Ukrainian cities by Russian aircraft - ISW

"According to ISW, Ukraine's ability to protect itself from devastating blows of Russian managed bombs depends largely on Ukraine's ability to impress Russian aircraft in Russian airspace with the help of air defense systems provided by the United States, before Russian aircraft will be able to strike in Ukrainian cities, the objects of critical infrastructure and positions on the front line, "the report reads.

Analysts said that Russian troops continued to carry out intensive bombardment of Ukraine on June 5, mostly from the Russian airspace. "The current lack of clarity in US restrictions on the use of Ukraine provided by Ukraine to strike in Russian military facilities in Russia, as a rule, eliminates the opportunity to force Russia to self -escape from such blows in Ukrainian territory from the Russian airspace," - said in Isw.

The Institute of War Study emphasized that public reports of officials about US policy remain fuzzy. In particular, US national security spokesman John Kirby said during a press conference on June 4 that "there were never restrictions for Ukrainians to knock hostile planes, even if these planes are not necessarily in the Ukrainian airspace. " At the same time, he said that the Ukrainian forces can knock Russian aircraft in the Russian airspace if they "pose a direct threat" to Ukraine.

"It remains unclear what the US official policy is about what Russian planes pose a" direct threat "to Ukraine, and Kirby's statements have not clarified how the US administration treats this issue," the ISW analysts said. We will remind, in the report of June 4, 2024 the analysts of ISW reported that Russians complain that the Armed Forces significantly outweighs the occupation army in the use of drones.