Numerous aircraft have been seen massing at a crucial airfield, suggesting that Russia is getting ready to launch another significant air strike on Ukraine.
At the Engels-2 air base, close to Saratov, a dozen Tu-95 and Tu-160 long-range bombers have gathered together with fuel tanks, support vehicles, and maintenance equipment.
Crates, which are probably ammo boxes holding Kh-55 and Kh-101 cruise missiles, are also reportedly spotted next to the aircraft, signaling a ‘imminent’ large-scale assault on Ukraine.
The onslaught will very definitely concentrate on damaging Ukraine’s already-damaged water and electricity networks, which have recently been pummeled by cruise missiles and kamikaze drones produced in Iran, keeping residents in their homes in the dead of winter.
On November 28, photographs of the airfield were taken and published for the first time by Der Spiegel in Germany.
‘The abnormally high number of bombers on the tarmac is a hint of an intensification in activities, if not an impending large-scale strike,’ military expert Arda Mevlutolu told the publication.
There have been at least two nationwide air raid sirens this week that were later cancelled, and Ukraine has been preparing for further Russian airstrikes.
Speaking on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky also issued a warning that Russia is preparing more assaults.
During his nightly speech, he said to the audience, “We learn that the terrorists are plotting additional attacks. We can be certain of this.
And, regrettably, they won’t stop acting out as long as they have rockets.
According to Zelensky, the next week may be just as challenging as the week before, when assaults on the nation’s energy infrastructure caused the most severe power outages for Ukrainians since Russian soldiers invaded the country in February.
“Our defense troops are preparing.” The whole nation is preparing, he added. “We have discussed every situation, even those with our partners.”
Advanced missile defenses are at the top of the agenda for the NATO leaders’ conference presently taking place in Romania to discuss the next stage of assistance for Ukraine.
Alliance leader Jen Stoltenberg and US officials have indicated that negotiations to provide Kyiv with Patriot anti-air defenses are still underway.
The missile batteries are skilled at shooting down approaching rockets but are complicated and challenging to handle, hence they are often manned by a skilled crew.
For instance, Germany has already provided troops to operate the missile when it has loaned Patriot batteries to Slovakia and Turkey.
Fears that Russia would attempt to attack the Patriots and may up up murdering NATO forces, perhaps igniting a conflict between global superpowers, aggravate the situation in Ukraine.
Former Russian President and current chairman of the security council Dmitry Medvedev issued a warning Wednesday, saying that by providing the weaponry, NATO would be declaring itself a “legitimate target.”
If NATO provides Kyiv extremists with Patriot complexes along with NATO troops, they will right away become a valid target, he stated on Telegram.
The Atlantic impotents should comprehend this, I hope.
According to Kyiv, a third of its power producing capacity and around 50% of its energy infrastructure are destroyed, causing nationwide blackouts.
Even when temperatures drop below freezing, whole cities, including the capital Kyiv, are being thrown under darkness for hours or days at a time.
After failing to win the war on the battlefield, Mr. Stoltenberg has accused Putin of attempting to “weaponize winter” and start a fresh surge of migrants into Europe.
Nevertheless, Ukraine’s Western friends have sworn to continue helping the nation until victory is achieved, “whatever long it takes.”
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