The new Russian attacks are a “psychological response to reports that Ukraine is well organized militarily”. So says the foreign commentator Bernard Hammelburg.
Reports have surfaced in recent days that, under the circumstances, Kiev is well prepared for a spring offensive. The country has now received “more than 98 percent” of NATO’s promised weapons, alliance secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said, including 1,550 armored cars and 230 tanks.
According to Hammelburg, it is precisely these kinds of messages that Putin is now responding to. “It has been one and a half to two months since the attacks took place on such a large scale. Every time Russia does this, you see some sort of psychological trigger. Now it is reports that the picture is favorable for Ukraine.’
Heartbreaking choices
In such a bombing raid, in which Russia uses cheap Iranian drones in addition to missiles, Ukraine faces heartbreaking choices, Hammelburg says. “There’s just the ability to shoot some things out of the sky. The question is whether you’re going to use those expensive missile defenses to shoot down cheap drones.’
An important factor is therefore the calculation of the trajectory of the drones, says the commentator. “If you suspect a drone will crash into one place without causing too much damage, you can let it go. But you can see with the attacks this morning that it’s not easy.’
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Source: BNR
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