According to Russian media reports, a few days ago, the Russian army launched a precision strike on the temporary station of the 56th motorized rifle brigade of the Ukrainian army in Kramatorsk. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said that the strike eliminated 2 Ukrainian generals, 20 Western military advisers and 50 Ukrainian officers who were attending the staff meeting at the time.
The Russian side said that the strike "completely destroyed" the brigade. It is understood that the precision strike was carried out by a Tu-160 bomber, and the KH-101 cruise missile launched by the bomber directly and accurately hit the headquarters of the 56th Motor Rifle Brigade and caused a large number of casualties.
The gap in the air defense of the Ukrainian army is still huge, and the Russian army will continue to carry out "decapitation" operations in the future
The fact that the 56th motorized infantry brigade station of the Ukrainian army was attacked by the Russian army shows the fact that until now, the air defense gap of the Ukrainian army is still very huge. Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict last year, Ukraine's airspace has been equivalent to an undefended state for the Russian army. Although NATO has provided Ukraine with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, most of them are individual anti-aircraft weapons such as Stingers, which obviously cannot pose any significant threat to incoming Russian missiles or drones.
At the end of last year, the Ukrainian army's own S300 anti-missile system was basically exhausted, and the effect of the Russian army's missile strike also became effective from this time.
In October last year, the Russian army frequently used various types of missiles to attack major Ukrainian cities, causing power and water cuts in Ukrainian major cities.
Although Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky repeatedly asked the United States and other countries for help, in the end, the United States only relaxed and agreed to provide 2 sets of Patriot air defense systems. But during an air strike on Kiev in May, the Russian army used a Dagger hypersonic missile to successfully destroy a Patriot air defense system, which also made Kiev's air defense empty again.
It is precisely because of the lack of anti-aircraft weapons that the front-line Ukrainian army is almost always under the air threat of the Russian army, for example, after the Ukrainian counteroffensive was launched in early June, it encountered a head-on attack by Russian armed helicopters, and many NATO equipment, including Leopard 2, were destroyed.
At the same time, any build-up of Ukrainian troops will also be immediately hit by Russian missiles. Considering that NATO instructors and mercenaries still frequently appear on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, the "decapitation" operation related to the Russian army will continue, but it is worth noting that because Russia currently needs the presence of Zelensky's government, it will negotiate with it.
Therefore, no matter how the "beheading" operation of the Russian army develops in the future, the Russian army will not take the initiative to "behead" Zelensky in Kiev, which also avoids the possibility of further deterioration of the situation from the side.
Part of the reference source: Global Network