According to the Institute for the Study of War, kyiv has the capacity to do this using long-range missiles. For now, its Western allies only allow Ukraine to use these weapons on national territory.
The European Union does not close the door to the possibility of support possible Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory. It’s what commented this Thursday the high representative of the Union for Foreign AffairsJosep Borrell.
However, it is not clear whether this possibility would be advantageous. for the security of the continent or Ukraine itself. The president Volodímir Zelenski has stated that attacking military targets in Russia It would be essential for his Army.
Russia intensifies its air offensive against Ukraine
After the latest airstrikes by Russiawhich have intensified this week, US administration officials have assured that Russian forces would be positioning their bomber planes at the airfields.
According to the Institute for the Study of Warthere would be 16 air bases located within reach of the Ukrainian missiles in Russia. The think tank also confirms the redeployment of Russian aircraft.
The Institute insists on the importance of allow Ukraine to use missiles against certain other Russian military objects. However, the number of weapons of this type that The United States would have facilitated kyiv.
Las Ukrainian forces They are currently using long-range attack systems manufactured in their own territory to achieve some of the objectives. Although they are effective, They have some vulnerabilities, say the experts.
“These weapons systems, as we have seen, have a very long range, up to 2,000 kilometers, so Ukraine is capable of hitting targets really far from the front line,” he tells ‘Euronews’ Fabian René Hoffmanndoctoral researcher at the University of Oslo.
“There are two big problems with these types of weapons systems: they are quite slowwhich means they are vulnerable, once they are detected it is quite easy to take them down. And they also have very limited load capacitywhich means that their destructive power, compared to cruise missiles, is very limited,” he adds.
“They are simply not as lethal as the systems of weapons that Western states could provide and have provided Ukrainebut then, of course, they only allow its use within Ukraine,” he concludes.
Additional sources • Institute for the Study of War
