According to CCTV News, on the morning of October 10th local time, a huge explosion occurred in the Ukrainian capital Kiev . Kiev is suffering from a second wave of huge explosions. In addition, according to the International Telecommunications Agency, the air defense system in Kiev Prefecture, Ukraine, Khmelniksky Prefecture, and other places has been launched and is ready to intercept the Russian missile attack at any time.
Previously, Russian Duma MP Morozov had publicly stated that he had long claimed that he would carry out terrorist attacks on Crimea Bridge "is no longer just a provocation", but a "declaration of war without rules". The current Russian attack on Ukraine is retaliation against the Crimean Bridge explosion. The Crimea Bridge is crucial to Russia because Crimea Peninsula does not border with Russia, and is separated by an Kerch Strait , so the Crimea Bridge has become the only land route connecting Russia's mainland and the Crimea Peninsula. " New York Times " stated that the serious damage to the bridge endangers the main supply line of the Russian army.
On October 10, many cities in Ukraine were attacked by Russian missiles. Ukrainian media reported that in addition to Kiev, the Zhitomir Prefecture in northern Ukraine, Khmelinitsky Prefecture in western Ukraine and Ternopol Prefecture in western Ukraine, and the eastern city of Kharkov were also attacked by Russian troops. It is worth mentioning that news released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs showed that on the 10th, a missile launched by the Russian army landed on Vladimir Street in Kiev, where the Ukrainian Security Bureau is located, not far from Zelensky's presidential office.
Is there any sign of this series of attacks by Russia? The answer is of course there are. As early as last month, Vice Chairman of the Russian Federation Security Conference Medvedev said that for the territory newly joined Russia in the future, Russia will use any weapon, including strategic nuclear weapons and new weapons, for defense. The "territories that will join Russia in the future" he refers to, in addition to the recent referendums to Russia's Donetsk Oblast , Lugansk Oblast , Zaporoze Oblast and Khlsong Oblast, obviously also includes the previous Crimean Peninsula. The new version of the map recently printed by Russia also includes these four newly joined states and the Crimean Peninsula. It’s just that Ukraine and the West always take Russia’s warnings as a warning, which eventually led to the escalation of the situation.
With the current Russian ballistic missile technology, it can be said to be more than enough to deal with Ukraine. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union had a protracted nuclear arms race with the United States. During this period, the US-Soviet ballistic missiles, strategic nuclear submarine and strategic bomber have all made great progress. Although the Soviet Union's bomber and nuclear submarine technology is not as good as the United States, its ballistic missile technology is beyond the reach of the United States. Currently, the main short-range missiles equipped by Russia are the advanced "Iskander" ballistic missiles. Russia has previously used "Iskander" to launch a strike against military targets in Ukraine. This time, Russia obviously targeted several major cities in Ukraine.
"Iskander" ballistic missile is an tactical missile . It has a range of only 500 kilometers, but its speed is as high as Mach 6-7. Not only that, this type of missile also uses inertia and optical guidance systems to maneuver during flight, and can also reset the target after launch. It is obviously difficult to effectively intercept Ukraine's existing air defense system. It is worth mentioning that the "Iskander" ballistic missile can not only carry various warheads such as cloud explosion bomb , cluster bomb , high-explosive bomb , high-explosive bomb , but also nuclear weapon with an explosion equivalent between 5 and 50 thousand tons. Given that Russia had previously stated that it might use nuclear weapons, the situation still has the possibility of further expansion.
This seems a bit unworthy of the loss for Ukraine, because there is a huge gap in military strength and economic strength between Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine consumes US$1 billion every month in the conflict, which is several times that of Ukraine GDP. Therefore, without the support of the West, it will be difficult for Ukraine to support it. Europe is currently facing the beginning of winter. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has caused the price of natural gas to soar. Europe is restricted by the energy crisis , which will inevitably reduce various aid to Ukraine. The United States does not dare to risk the threat of nuclear war and provide unscrupulous assistance to Ukraine. Faced with Russia's new round of retaliation, where should Ukraine go? Let's wait and see.
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