Russia has blamed Ukraine for reported explosions at two air bases deep inside its territory last week.
Alleged Ukrainian drone strikes on airfields deep inside Russian territory may not seem highly consequential for Russia, but in reality they will have key impacts on the course of the war, according to a Ukrainian politician.at two airbases inside Russia: the Dyagilevo base in Russia's Ryazan region and the Engels base in the Saratov region. Russia said that three servicemen were killed in the blasts, four others were injured and two aircraft were damaged, according to the Associated Press.
Ihor Zhdanov, who formerly served as Ukraine's minister of youth and sports, outlined the"consequences" of the alleged Ukrainian air base strikes in an opinion article published Monday by theA soldier monitors the runway as a Tu-95 bomber aircraft takes off for a night patrol at Russia's Engels air base on August 7, 2008. In the inset, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Eurasian Economic Summit on November 9 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
With the Engels base located at least 600 kilometers, or nearly 373 miles, inside Russian territory, Ukraine's alleged strikes last week seem to indicate that Ukraine has obtained weapons with the capability to hit distant targets inside Russia. There is also an important psychological impact with strikes such as these, Zhdanov said. He wrote that they show Ukrainian citizens that their country's forces are capable of"preventively punishing an aggressor," something that can be especially significant as Russia carries out"Meanwhile the Russian occupiers have once again clearly realized that it will not be possible to sit out the war somewhere far behind the front line, deep in the rear," Zhdanov wrote.
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