Ukraine's well-aimed strikes force russia to stretch and move air defense forces - Business Insider

The aggressor country, russia, has to decide where to place air defenses due to Ukraine's well-targeted attacks, which have become more frequent recently.

This was reported by Business Insider with reference to Western experts.

The increase in attacks by Ukraine has revealed gaps in the work of russia's air defense system. The aggressor is forced to stretch its forces and decide which objects should be more protected. Analysts noted that the russian federation has long had an advantage in defense, but despite this, Ukraine is finding new opportunities. Russia is moving air defense systems to bolster its defenses, which gives Ukraine opportunities to attack weakened areas, military experts told Business Insider.

"Russia has organized its defenses to protect the areas most under threat, which means other areas are then at risk," said ISW russia analyst George Barros.

Experts believe that Ukraine is forcing russia to think about where to defend itself by striking more and more objects in russia. Also, Ukraine has significantly increased the use of drones, striking airfields and oil facilities in the depths of russian territory.

According to Justin Bronk, an air force expert at the British think tank Royal United Services Institute, Ukraine is pursuing a clear strategy to force the russian Air Force "to either vacate its bases within a few hundred kilometers of Ukraine's borders, or to allocate an inordinate number of air defense systems for their protection".

Russia's defenses have become more stretched than ever, as with static on the front line, Ukraine is increasingly focusing on striking russian-occupied territories and russia itself, analysts say.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on August 28, after a drone attack in the Rostov Oblast of the aggressor state of russia, a fire broke out at the Atlas oil depot.

After Ukraine received ATACMS missiles, russia moved 90% of its aircraft from airfields in the zone affected by these missiles.

At the same time, 245 russian military and paramilitary facilities are within the range of ATACMS missiles.