According to multiple media reports, Russia carried out large-scale air strikes on a large number of Ukrainian cities, including Kiev , in the early morning of October 10. The large-scale air strike on the 10th day was considered anger for Russia. The operation was commanded by Su Luoweikin, the commander-in-chief of the Special Military Operations.
The intensity of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has escalated again since the Russian-Ukrainian National Security Bureau was attacked by the Russian-Ukrainian National Security Bureau. Many senior Russian officials, including Russian President Putin and Medvedev , said that the Ukrainian National Security Agency's destruction of Crimea Bridge is a "declaration of war" with a terrorist nature.
The large-scale air strikes planned by Sulovikin now seem to be Russia's tough counter-attack against Ukraine. Faced with large-scale air strikes from Russia, the Ukrainian authorities did not surrender. Yermak, director of the office of Zelensky, even made a harsh statement that the Russian-Ukrainian issue must be resolved by force.
In fact, since Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine, it has not launched a strike on civilian facilities in Ukraine. Compared with the multinational coalition forces in the Gulf War, the Afghan War, and the US military in the Afghan War, it can be said that it has maintained great restraint. After all, at the beginning of Russia's special military operation, the most important of its claimed goals was to "de-Nazize" and "de-militarize" the Ukrainian government. However, the Ukrainian media have claimed that the explosion on the Crimea Bridge was planned by the Ukrainian National Security Agency, and this action against Russia's civil infrastructure has undoubtedly touched Russia's counter-scale, and will naturally make Russia relax its tides in a special military operation against Ukraine.
So Russia's response is quite clear, that is, under the planning of the new commander-in-chief Sulowikin, air strikes were carried out on a large number of Ukrainian cities, including Kiev, and it is not ruled out that indiscriminate attacks will occur in the future.
And Russian President Putin also said after the air strike that Russia used high-precision weapons to strike Ukrainian energy facilities, military management facilities and communication facilities.
Ukraine's operation to the Crimean Bridge planned this time is largely because Ukraine has been blinded by Kharkov counterattack , which has caused strategic misjudgment. Because the Crimea Bridge is not just a simple civil infrastructure, once Russia loses the Crimea Bridge, it will not only cut off the ties between the Crimea region and Russia's mainland, but also may allow NATO to take advantage of the situation and directly threaten Russia's core hinterland through the Kerch Strait - Azov Sea front line. Therefore, the consequence of Ukraine's actions taken by strategic misjudgment is Russia's tough counterattack.
But judging from Yermak's statement, Ukraine will not surrender because of Russia's countermeasures. After all, since Ukraine successfully organized the Kharkiv counterattack, Russia and Ukraine have shown a reversal on the battlefield.
In addition, Western countries led by the United States have not reduced their aid to Ukraine. The United States even passed US$800 million worth of military material assistance after the Kharkiv strikeback. The above all leads to Ukraine having enough confidence even when facing Russia's tough countermeasures. However, Ukraine is not absolutely sure to gain dominance on the battlefield, especially in the context of Russia's increasing its attacks, so Yermak still sought help from Western countries.
The most important thing is that since the Kharkiv counterattack, Russia has not made any new major moves in military affairs except for a partial mobilization. Although Russia exposed a series of problems such as unclear strategic goals in its previous military operations, this "silence" is the most terrifying thing for Ukraine now.Even though the sanctions imposed on Russia by Western countries have led to the slow progress of production of many Russian weapons and equipment, Ukraine has not had the ability to completely turn the situation around in a short period of time, so Russia is likely to want to secretly accumulate strength with the current stalemate. For Russia, what they need is longer to ensure they can produce enough weapons and equipment to arm the soldiers they have just mobilized.
And Putin has made it clear at the Russian Federation meeting on October 10 that if Ukraine still carries out "terrorist attacks" on Russian territory, Russia will have follow-up actions. The air strikes on Ukraine on October 11 are the best proof. On the one hand, the large-scale air strikes against Ukraine depend on how many high-precision weapons Russia has, and on the other hand, it can also buy enough time for today's Russia. No matter how shocking Russia is in the conventional military field, the existence of nuclear weapon will make Ukraine and Western countries afraid of it. After this air strike, when planning operations against Russia, Ukraine and Western countries should consider the risks and possibilities of escalating the entire military conflict to nuclear war .
In addition to carrying out large-scale air strikes on Ukraine, Medvedev also said that Russia's future operation goal is to disintegrate the Ukrainian regime. You should know that Russia did not have such a strategic goal before, and it is obvious that the Crimea Bridge incident has greatly stimulated Russia to make such a decision.
Moreover, the current dilemma facing Russia urgently requires the Russian army to win a big victory on the Ukrainian battlefield to ease. The United States' kidnapping of Europe and the explosion of the "North Stream" natural gas pipeline have made Russia lose room for maneuver with Europe. Only when Russia wins a decisive battle on the battlefield can it ensure that it will not eventually lose in this conflict.
In general, Ukraine's actions on the Crimean Bridge have added new uncertainties to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which has not seen an ending trend. On one side, Western countries led by the United States provide strong assistance to Ukraine, while on the other side, Russia, which has lost a large number of strategic buffer zones due to NATO's eastward expansion of since the Cold War, has been Russia. The final outcome of the two forces is still unclear.