Don’t they usually do this to build up a big stockpile and then shoot them all at once
I assume the AFU knows full well that their air defense will be pushed as hard as they can be forced starting within a few weeks at latest. Orcistan last year launched few if any cruise missiles and limited Shaheds in Sept & Oct 2022 and went hard with them starting in mid-November 2022 through early March 2023.
It may be obvious it’s coming again soon but it doesn’t make the matter any more worthy to brush aside.
Hopefully the extra air defense they didn’t have last year pays in spades this late fall/winter.
Going to be a long winter when they unleash whatever they have left in the mud, ice, and snow. Give them hell, ukraine
Let’s assume (as others have pointed out) that RU is just saving up their production so that they can dump it all on UA when winter is at its worst. From the perspective of logistics and planning this upcoming missile offensive is extremely obvious and therefore mitigating actions will probably taken throughout society. People will probably have gas heaters in their apartments, buildings and industries will have installed backup generators etc. The issue for RU is that the previous cruise missile attacks were somewhat effective because UA society wasn’t prepared for the consequences. This time though, they are and they will be better prepared with every subsequent attack.
My point is that RU seems to put a lot of time and effort into these kinds of attacks and they are becoming less effective every time, so I’m not sure what they are hoping to accomplish with them anymore. Maybe they think that this will increase war weariness by just a little bit?
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Don’t they usually do this to build up a big stockpile and then shoot them all at once
I assume the AFU knows full well that their air defense will be pushed as hard as they can be forced starting within a few weeks at latest. Orcistan last year launched few if any cruise missiles and limited Shaheds in Sept & Oct 2022 and went hard with them starting in mid-November 2022 through early March 2023.
It may be obvious it’s coming again soon but it doesn’t make the matter any more worthy to brush aside.
Hopefully the extra air defense they didn’t have last year pays in spades this late fall/winter.
Going to be a long winter when they unleash whatever they have left in the mud, ice, and snow. Give them hell, ukraine
Let’s assume (as others have pointed out) that RU is just saving up their production so that they can dump it all on UA when winter is at its worst. From the perspective of logistics and planning this upcoming missile offensive is extremely obvious and therefore mitigating actions will probably taken throughout society. People will probably have gas heaters in their apartments, buildings and industries will have installed backup generators etc. The issue for RU is that the previous cruise missile attacks were somewhat effective because UA society wasn’t prepared for the consequences. This time though, they are and they will be better prepared with every subsequent attack.
My point is that RU seems to put a lot of time and effort into these kinds of attacks and they are becoming less effective every time, so I’m not sure what they are hoping to accomplish with them anymore. Maybe they think that this will increase war weariness by just a little bit?