Kiiwoo, attacked for the 6th time on the 6th… Russia tests Ukrainian air defense network
U.S. think tank “Kiwu airstrikes limit Ukraine’s ability to suppress counterattack… Counterproductive”
Ukrainian air defenses shot down about 30 Russian cruise missiles and drones launched against Kiiu for the sixth time in six days, local officials said on the 2nd.
Military Administration Director Serhi Popko told Telegram that Kiiu was attacked by Iranian-made Shahed drones and cruise missiles launched from different directions in the Caspian Sea region.
Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office said a 68-year-old man and an 11-year-old child were injured in the attack, and houses, buildings and cars were damaged by the wreckage of the crash.
A series of recent attacks on Kieu have strained the people of Kieu and tested the strength of Ukraine’s air defenses as Ukraine prepares for a full-scale counterattack against Russia. Kieu received 17 drone and missile attacks last month alone, including midday attacks.
But the War Research Institute, a US think tank, said Moscow’s strategy could backfire. The Institute of Warfare said, “The airstrike in Kiiu aims to reduce Ukraine’s ability to counterattack… Russia’s priority of limiting Ukraine’s ability to counterattack is likely to be suppressed by this.”
Ukraine’s chief of staff, Valery Zaluzny, said Ukraine’s air defense network had successfully intercepted 15 cruise missiles and 21 attack drones.
Meanwhile, Russia’s border areas were attacked again by Ukraine. Ukraine’s latest cross-border attack on Russian territory has put the Kremlin on alert, which could be a Ukrainian strategy to disperse Russian forces before launching a counterattack.
“Russian commanders are now faced with a serious dilemma: whether to strengthen defenses along the Russian border or in occupied Ukraine,” the British Ministry of Defense said on the 2nd.
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Source: Donga
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