Russia intends to strategically contain the balance
The answer to the question about the distribution in Ukraine of new party-reactive multiple launch rocket systems
Photo by the Russian Ministry of Defense / mil.ru
Against the backdrop of positional hostilities in Ukraine, the Russian army continues to conduct maneuvers in the Western strategic direction in Europe. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in the Kaliningrad region, research continues with the participation of supersonic missiles “Dagger”. Parts of the Selective Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation are selected by mobile installations of Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles in the Sverdlovsk region, and the Northern Fleet is working out tasks with an air defense regiment equipped with S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems. At the same time, the armed forces of the North Atlantic Alliance on September 16–18 in Tallinn talk about supporting Ukraine, as well as about increasing the “effectiveness of the defense of NATO’s eastern wing.”
In Tallinn, the head of the NATO military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, said that from the alliance of countries “in Ukraine, more and more new modern weapons are taken into account.” It’s not a secret, but we respect the nomenclature and volumes of such offers. As Reuters reported at the end of the week, U.S. President Biden decided to hand over a new $600 million weapons package, which included highly mobile HIMARS missile systems and revenues, about 1,000 155mm precision artillery rounds, four anti-artillery radars, and air defense facilities. The German newspaper Welt writes that after several weeks of German hesitation, 18 self-propelled artillery units (ACS) CH-155 worth 216 million euros were sent by agreement. The CH-155 can fire at ranges up to 54 km and pick up fire with precision projectiles.
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht also announced national deliveries to Ukraine of other types of weapons, including two Mars II multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) and a batch of Dingo armored personnel carriers. German MLRS have characteristics similar to the likely HIMARS. It is not yet known if a new aid package for the HIMARS missile has arrived in Ukraine, with an expected range of up to 300 km, as required by Kyiv. But the very fact of the accumulation of the Armed Forces (AFU) within Ukraine Now, according to the indicated data, there are 16 units of M142 HIMARS in the APU, while deliveries of at least 20-30 more such installations are planned from the USA and Great Britain.
“High-precision MLRS and NATO artillery are constantly shelling the territories of Russia, as well as the cities of Donbass and other settlements that are under the control of the Russian Armed Forces and their allies. New deliveries of such weapons are the ultimate escalation of the conflict,” military expert, retired colonel Nikolai Shulgin told NG. – We are already behind the scenes war with NATO, which puts the Armed Forces of Ukraine as advanced specialists, trains Ukrainian soldiers and officers, trains them in their hospitals and supply advisers who lead actions against Russian troops and the DPR and DPR militias. To put an end to this is not only more active hostilities, but also the destruction of critical information. Other medical professionals express a similar opinion. Well-known blogger and militiaman Vladlen Tatarsky believes that “this autumn and winter, a new stage” of the conflict begins. “It is already clear that we are at war by chance with the entire NATO bloc, where each of the participating countries takes part in one way or another.” Military journalist and analyst Alexander Sladkov asks for sure: is Moscow ready for the destruction of the entire energy system of Ukraine? And he himself answers: “Perhaps, and ready, but for this … a sufficient strike potential for the target must be discovered. Well, this is not to de-energize the city, but the territory of a large European country.
“In the media space, the question of the possibility of using the United States of America is again being discussed,” military expert, retired Lieutenant General Yuri Netkachev told NG. – Strategic nuclear weapons are likely to be used effectively when NATO crosses the red line and slows down large-scale aggression against the Russian Federation. Such a conflict is unlikely. an alliance against Russia is a hybrid war, and here everything is more complicated. It is possible in the world that tactical nuclear weapons can be effectively used by Moscow if it is a political decision. Until he is gone. But it may appear if, during the course of a special operation, it actively and quickly withdraws from the construction infrastructure: large logistics routes, power lines, energy facilities, bridges, residential headquarters, critical warehouses, warehouses, etc.” n