#乌克兰西部城市利沃夫再次响起防空警报 #
Text/Junjian
According to the Ukrainian side, the Russian submarine deployed in the Black Sea fired 6 cruise missiles at lviv, an important city in western Ukraine, and only 2 were intercepted by the Ukrainian side. The local airfield in Lviv became the target of missile rushes, and witnesses observed smoke rising and loud explosions, as well as anti-aircraft sirens.
Lviv later confirmed that the Russian air raid on Lviv airport was clearly a precision strike aimed at the repair plant at Lviv airport. Because after the end of the Cold War, this airport repair plant in Lviv has been responsible for maintaining MiG fighters, and recently NATO has appeared to supply MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, and Ukraine may also try to repair the MiG-29 fighters that were destroyed by the Russian army at the airport, so the goal of this wave of air raids by the Russian army should be very obvious, that is, to disintegrate the Ukrainian army's ability to repair air combat forces.
Of course, another important signal may be to draw a red line for NATO. Although NATO eventually dared not provide warplanes to Ukraine, NATO's military aid to Ukraine continued to flow into Ukraine, Lviv is 43 miles from the Polish border, and Russia will certainly be wary of NATO using this place as a "distribution center" for arms. The Biden administration has recently approved an additional $800 million in military aid, and the United States will provide Ukraine with up to 6,000 sets of anti-tank weapons, as well as 800 sets of "Stinger" air defense equipment, in addition to a large number of guns, and 20 million rounds of ammunition, which will certainly arrive in Ukraine one after another, which is a huge threat to the Russian military.
(Zelenskiy speaks to the U.S. Congress)
The Russian side has clearly warned that if arms are transported into Ukraine in the name of "aid", they will become "legitimate targets" of the Russian army. This is Russia's strong response to the West, which has previously warned Russia that if it attacks NATO transport convoys, it will be considered a "declaration of war". NATO thinks that Russia will be "afraid", but Putin has proved with actions that Russia will not make concessions, and NATO sends weapons to send heads.
(Russian forces capture Western weapons)
Nor is it the first time that the Russians have launched operations in western Ukraine, after they have destroyed the Yavorov military training ground in western Ukraine with long-range fire and announced the annihilation of a large number of "foreign mercenaries" recruited by Ukraine. After the incident, Ukrainian mercenaries fled for their lives, and many American and British mercenaries fled Ukraine and issued warnings to others who wanted to go to Ukraine to "fight". Interestingly, after the Russian army bombed the "mercenary training ground", the US Department of Defense was anxious to say that there were "no Americans" in the local area.
(Russian air raid on Yavorov Military Training Ground)
Obviously, the real fear is the Western countries, NATO has once again refused Zelenskiy's request for a no-fly zone, the United States believes that even if a no-fly zone is set, Russia will still bomb, not to mention, Russia still has long-range firepower, like this cruise missile, it is launched directly from the Black Sea, so the United States has no way. The United States and NATO do not dare to confront Russia, so they can only be shrunken heads and let Ukraine be cannon fodder.