According to reports, Ukraine bombed Russia’s nuclear warning system, targeting the state-of-the-art Armavir radar station in the Krasnodar border region.
Western nations are alarmed by a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian radar facility that is capable of tracking nuclear missiles.
On May 23, Kyiv attacked the state-of-the-art Armavir radar station in the Krasnodar border region. The station offers conventional air defense and is a component of Moscow’s nuclear warning system.
On Saturday, Ukrainian officials verified that their troops had executed the attack, stating that the establishment oversees the nation’s airspace and has taken control of Crimea.
According to reports, the radar station was able to track long-range Atacms missiles that the US had earlier this year sent to Ukraine.
According to Mauro Gilli, a senior researcher at the ETH Zurich Center for Security Studies, the drone strike was a tactical success since it forced Russia to reallocate its air defense systems and demonstrated that no Russian military facility was untouchable.
“We can debate the effectiveness and merit but strategically there is logic,” he said.
However, several Western analysts expressed reluctance and suggested that Ukraine should refrain from attacking Russia’s nuclear infrastructure.
According to Hans Kristensen, a nuclear arsenal expert at the Federation of American Scientists, “this was not a wise decision on the part of Ukraine.” “Bombers and military sites in general are different because they’re used to attack Ukraine.”
Norwegian military analyst Thord Are Iversen stated that it was “not a particularly good idea… especially in times of tension” to attack a portion of Russia’s nuclear warning system.
“It’s in everyone’s best interest that Russia’s ballistic missile warning system works well,” he said.
The Kremlin has ten Voronezh-class radar sites along the Russian border, making it one of the country’s most advanced radar systems. Each can track 500 objects at once and has a range of about 4,000 miles.
Although Russia has not yet commented on the purported attack, it is consistent with increased drone strikes by Ukraine this year on targets located far within Russia, such as transportation centers and oil refineries.
Shortly after Moscow started conducting tactical nuclear missile drills in its Southern Military District, there was an attack.
Olaf Scholz has made it obvious that he is afraid of a nuclear exchange with Ukraine and has declined to ship Germany’s long-range Taurus missiles there.
Ukrainian pleas to be permitted to deploy Western weapons in cross-border strikes have not been granted by the US thus far.
Military leaders in Ukraine expressed frustration, saying they were forced to observe while Russia amassed troops in a de facto harbor region that they were not permitted to attack.
Since then, Russian forces have stormed Kharkiv using missiles fired from launch pads and jets inside Russia, seizing many villages in the process.
There is increasing pressure on the White House to follow Britain’s lead, having already granted Ukraine permission to strike Russia with its missiles.
According to reports, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken supports the move, and this past weekend, Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg told the Economist that it was time to “lift some of the restrictions.”
According to Fabian Hoffmann, a PhD research fellow in missile technology at the University of Oslo, Ukraine, and its NATO allies should continue to exercise caution because the radar strike may be viewed as reckless by some US officials and some of Ukraine’s European friends.
“I have some concerns about how politically wise this decision was, as it may have negative repercussions for Ukraine down the road in terms of targeting restrictions,” he said.
Recently, GreatGameIndia reported that Russian jamming has rendered US weapons ineffective in Ukraine, with the success rate of advanced systems like Excalibur and HIMARS plummeting to just 10%. This has significantly eroded Ukraine’s defensive capabilities and prompted urgent requests for upgrades.
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