To be honest, the performance of Ukrainians has exceeded our expectations. Ukrainians are crazy now!
Whether in Crimea or Dunbas or other regions, as long as Russian military facilities, especially the S-400 air defense system, are located within range, they are continuously attacked by Ukrainian military ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles assisted by the United States. A large number of pictures, videos and other visual evidence, including satellite photos, have appeared on the network, and it can be seen that piles of S-400 air defense systems have been blown to scrap.
In these two days alone, at about 12:50 on May 22, the Russian air defense positions in Mospino Airport area in Donetsk were attacked by ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles launched by the Ukrainian army. The Russian army lost a control center, a set of 96L6E radar, two S-400 air defense missile launchers, and one launcher in the sea area during this attack;
On May 24, the Russian S-400 air defense system located in the village of Krenivka, Donetsk, was attacked by ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles: satellite pictures showed that the Russian S-400 air defense system moved to the area on the 23rd and was blown up to "scrap" on the 24th; On the same day, the Ukrainian army also attacked Alushta in the southeast of the Crimea Peninsula with ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles. Previously, it was about 250 kilometers away from the front line. The Russian news said that the Russian army lost several radars, three S-400 missile launchers and one S-300 missile launchers in this attack.
There are too many such things. Since the new US aid to Ukraine bill came into effect, we can see a lot of information that the Ukrainian army is using ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles to carry out "long-range precision strikes" against the Russian army. When the Ukrainian army is on the defensive and the battle line is basically fixed on the battlefield, this cannot help but draw attention.
To our surprise, although the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that several ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles would be destroyed each time during these attacks, without mentioning any losses, visual evidence such as satellite photos showed that the Ukrainian army had successfully hit the target. Some Russian sources show that the Russian air defense radar usually finds the target two minutes before the ATACMS tactical ballistic missile lands, but the performance of the S-400 air defense system is not so good, and even the situation that multiple interceptors are fired in succession but none of them hit the target is very different from the performance of the Ukrainian "Patriot" air defense system.
As an aside, we can even see the effectiveness of Russia and Ukraine's ground attack missiles and air defense systems without looking at satellite photos, pictures, videos and other evidence: the Ukrainian army is frequently using ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles to attack areas protected by S-400 air defense systems, or even directly attack S-400 air defense systems; Since last year, have we seen the Russian army frequently use "Iskandar-M", "dagger" or "zircon" to attack areas protected by the "Patriot" air defense system? Choosing to continue to attack or no longer waste valuable ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles shows a lot of problems in itself.
To be honest, before the outbreak of the comprehensive war between Russia and Ukraine, we had a high view of the S-400 air defense system. The main reason is that the performance data released by Russia is too dazzling. It can not only intercept various aircraft, cruise missiles and guided bombs within a radius of 400 kilometers, but also intercept medium range ballistic missiles at a distance of 50 kilometers, far exceeding the performance of the United States "patriots".
Unfortunately, when the Ukrainian army began to use ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles, We were disappointed by the performance of the S-400 air defense system: missiles hit missiles more often in Ukraine than in Russia. We can't even confirm whether the S-400 air defense system has shot down ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles, but we can confirm that ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles are frequently destroying the Russian S-400 air defense system.
In the intelligence briefing released by the British Ministry of Defence, it was said that under the continuous missile strikes by the Ukrainian army, the Russian air defense forces could no longer effectively protect Crimea. A large number of air defense positions, military bases, command posts, airports and military ports were attacked, and these attacks were extremely accurate. The Russian army was suffering the greatest loss in Crimea since 2014.
More importantly, this loss continues. Once the Ukrainian military ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles completely destroy or severely damage the Russian air defense network, the "Storm Shadow" or "Skapu EG" cruise missiles and suicide drones are likely to be used in a large number to attack targets lacking air defense protection in Crimea and other occupied territories of Ukraine, It will even include military targets on Russian territory.
The task of destroying the Russian air defense network is not only ATAVMS tactical ballistic missiles or "Storm Shadow" cruise missiles, but also AGM-88 "Ham" anti radiation missiles attached to Ukrainian fighter jets, and even the multi rotor UAVs of the front Ukrainian army are attacking the Russian air defense system in the field.
The recent fierce attack of the Ukrainian army on the Russian air defense network seems to be preparing for the approach of F-16 fighters, and try to eliminate the air defense threat that F-16 fighters may encounter first. According to Politico's report, Aline Hannigan, spokesman of the Arizona National Guard, said that Ukrainian pilots trained at the 162nd National Guard Air Base in Tucson had completed their training and were going to Europe for further training. Earlier, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yevlash revealed that Ukrainian experts who had received F-16 fighter maintenance training had returned to Ukraine, which was also confirmed by the Dutch Ministry of Defence.
All kinds of news are showing that the F-16 fighter planes of the Ukrainian Air Force are about to enter the battle field, and may not turn the situation around immediately, but as we said before, the darkest and most difficult moment has passed, and will only get better and better in the future. The battlefield balance is slowly turning around, and this war will definitely end fairly!
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