The Next Step in Ukraine’s Strategy: Readjusting Amidst Drone Attacks

2023-08-03 15:22:30

“The next step is to readjust” the strategy, says an adviser to the Ukrainian president

For several weeks, the war in Ukraine has also been taking place in the air, mainly at night, by clouds of drones interposed. The opportunity for Ukrainians to” adjust “ their strategy, in the words of Mykhaïlo Podoliak, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, interviewed by the independent Russian-language media, Medusa.

“The previous phase, which involved testing Russian air defense systems, is over. Ukraine unfortunately does not have the means to defend itself once morest the missiles used by Russia (…). But it is now clear that Russia itself does not have defense systems mobile enough to thwart such attacks. This means that the next step is readjustment. »

However, Mr Podoliak repeats it several times to Medusa : drone attacks on Russian territory were not carried out by order of kyiv. “Many of the drones [utilisés dans les attaques récentes] are homemade appliances made by ordinary people (…). These drones can be launched from the Moscow region and surrounding areas”says the presidential adviser.

“No, we are not planning to wage an aggressive war or attack targets in Russia”he explains once more, adding that “It wouldn’t make sense to us”. The current objective of the army is rather “to intensify strikes on Russian infrastructure in the territories [ukrainiens] busy ». ” What problem [une frappe sur Moscou] would he solve? »asks Mr. Podoliak, who mentions shortages of missiles and their technical limits.

These drone attacks “prove” In any case “the same as the Prigozhin mutiny proved”advance M. Podoliak: “Russia’s governance system and its vertical power are weak; Russian air defense and its electromagnetic suppression system do not work; and the whole myth of Putin’s inflexible, vertical power is fiction. »

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