Russia is experiencing an air defense shortage due to Ukrainian strikes. Ukraine has managed to exhaust Russian protection systems to the point that they can no longer physically cope, says Yevhen Dykyi, former commander of a company in the Aidar Battalion, as per Radio NV.
At the same time, Dykyi believes Ukraine is facing an extremely difficult winter.
Russia’s first “symmetric” winter
“But this will be the first symmetric winter. And here we will see how they handle it with the same unbreakable resolve that we have been facing for four years,” he says.
He notes that drones systematically operating in Moscow Oblast are no coincidence.
“This is exactly what they do to us. We have managed to exhaust their air defenses to the point that they physically cannot cope,” Dykyi adds.
Kremlin equipment shortage intensifies the problem
While artillery shells were long supplied to Russia by North Korea, covering their deficit, though stocks are now nearly exhausted, surface-to-air missile systems are far more sophisticated.
“North Korean SAMs are not something Russia can rely on, and fall hasn’t even ended yet,” he stresses.
On the night of 23 November, drones attacked a thermal power plant in Shatura, near Moscow. The site is one of Russia’s oldest energy facilities.
Drone strikes spark fire at Moscow Oblast power plant, one of Russia’s oldest energy facilities (VIDEO, MAP)
Three transformers caught fire, and 137 personnel, along with 49 vehicles, were dispatched to the scene.
