After the Russian side determined that the Ukrainian authorities planned the bombing of the Crimea Bridge, fierce revenge from Russia's land, sea, air and strategic missile forces successively attacked major cities across Ukraine. According to the latest news from Global Times , the Ukrainian capital Kiev , the western city Lviv , the southern city Nikolayev , the Odessa and the middle reaches of the Dnieper were all attacked by large-scale cruise missile , especially in important offices, research institutes, and administrative offices in the city of Kiev, which have encountered rare and fierce bombings recently. It can be said that was still gloating about the bombing of Crimea Bridge . Now it has been "harmed" by Putin .
According to the latest notice issued by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, many transportation hubs, roads and bridges, power transmission and transformation facilities, and water supply facilities in Ukraine have also been attacked to varying degrees, and water outages have occurred in many places in Ukraine. The Russian army fired at least 75 cruise missiles at Ukrainian targets (some media believe that 150 to 180 were fired). According to the strike plan of the Russian General Staff, the main targets of this attack target Ukrainian military communication facilities, oil supply points of various military branches and command centers. But the targets have obviously affected the civilian field.
Putin delivered a speech after the air strike, warning that if Ukraine continues to carry out terrorist attacks on targets in Russian territory, then Russia will also take all necessary means to fight back. Just as Russia launched the first round of air strikes, Ukrainian President Zelensky delivered a video speech again, once again sending a request to the West to obtain a new anti-missile air defense system. , and under Zelensky's "commitment", the United States and the West also agreed to provide Ukraine with the urgently needed advanced air defense missiles.
It is reported that although Western countries led by the United States have promised to provide Ukraine with medium- and short-range anti-missile air defense systems, for example, Germany will provide Ukraine with the first "Iris-T SLM" missile air defense system in the near future, the United States will also provide Ukraine with four NASAMS air defense missiles. However, the Kiev authorities hope to obtain more advanced medium- and long-range air defense missiles and anti-missile weapons, such as the Patriot PAC-3 MSE series anti-missile air defense missiles.
The weapons demand issued by the Kiev authorities far exceeds the limit that Western countries can provide weapons to Ukraine. Analysis points out that long-range air defense missiles are not just defensive weapons, but the "Patriot" air defense missiles specially used for anti-missiles are not only "patriot" air defense missiles, not to mention the US listed as strategic weapon , which can perform offensive air defense combat missions. If the US military deploys these missiles, in Ukraine, the nature of the US intervention in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will change, which will trigger open and direct conflicts between the United States and Russia. Obviously, deploying anti-missile weapons in Ukraine is something that the US must avoid anyway.
Western media even believe that seeking anti-missile weapons from the West is actually a political conspiracy of the Zelensky group, because dragging the United States into a direct confrontation with Russia is obviously beneficial to Ukraine. Zelensky and the Kiev authorities have repeatedly asked the West to provide medium- and long-range air defense missiles and anti-missile weapons to have combat needs, but "doing it even though you know it is impossible." It is well known that the Kiev authorities use the current Russian air strikes to put pressure on the West.
Although the Ukrainian army cannot effectively intercept and destroy Russian missiles, Ukraine obviously will never give up. Ukrainian special forces and drone strike forces still have the opportunity to carry out sabotage activities on power supply facilities, nuclear power plants, natural gas , oil pipelines, bridges and roads in Russia. The current conflict situation in Russia and Ukraine has entered a vicious cycle, and the "heirloom spiral" between the two sides is constantly superimposed. Only where the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will eventually go can only continue to pay attention to.
