Unafraid Of Russian Radars & Missiles, Ukrainian Drone Teams Are Systematically Dismantling Russian Air Defenses—And Clearing Paths For Strikes On Factories
Tochnyi.info's new investigation details the plan
Systematically striking Russian radars, surface-to-air missile batteries and mobile air defense systems all along the 700-mile front line of Russia’s 50-month wider war on Ukraine, Ukrainian forces are “collaps[ing] the layered defensive architecture that the Russian integrated air defense doctrine depends upon to function,” according to an in-depth investigation by Tochnyi.info.
The investigation is one of the first—and possibly also the best—efforts to explain what otherwise might seem like random drone strikes. Ukraine’s drone units hit thousands of targets every month, from individual Russian infantry and combat vehicles to sprawling defense factories deep inside Russia proper.
The strikes on Russian air defenses—at least 492 of them between June and early March—are part of a carefully scripted plan. Destroying the right air defenses faster than the Russians can replace them has the effect of “facilitating strikes on more critical targets deep within Russian territory,” Tochnyi.info explained.
The critical targets include other air defenses, the destruction of which which would make further strikes on other critical targets even easier. So on and so forth until the Russians cannot defend themselves from the air—and the only constraint on Ukrainian air raids is the supply of munitions.
