One of Ukraine's most powerful weapons seems to have prompted a big response from Russia.
Per an official cited by the WSJ, Russia moved 90% of its planes out of range of ATACMS launchers.
The move came even though Ukraine isn't actually allowed to use ATACMS to hit targets inside Russia.
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Russia seems to be afraid of losing its planes to one of Ukraine's strongest weapons, and moving them out of harm's way.
Per a report in The Wall Street Journal, Russia has moved 90% of its aircraft beyond the range of the ATACMS missiles given to it by the US.
It attributed the statistic to an unnamed US official, who in turn cited a US intelligence assessment.
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sluttysaurus on August 29th, 2024 at 14:53 UTC »
They also said the relocation was really easy because they only needed to move 2.5 aircrafts
scratchydaitchy on August 29th, 2024 at 14:43 UTC »
From the article:
"President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this week, after a large salvo of Russian air strikes that "Defenders of life should have no restrictions on weapons, as long as Russia uses all kinds of its own weapons."
The Institute for the Study of War estimated earlier this month that at least 250 militarily significant targets in Russia were within range of Ukraine's American long-range ATACMS missiles but that the current restrictions only allow Ukraine to strike 20 of those targets."
Seems reasonable to me. Ukraine attacking Russian soil has been a big positive boost for Ukraine's war effort.
Also it seems Putin's threats of using Nukes are much like the boy who cried wolf.
BothZookeepergame612 on August 29th, 2024 at 14:09 UTC »
I think the Russians are worried, playing hide and seek isn't exactly instilling confidence in their abilities...