Why Russia launched the largest aerial strike of the war so far
Russia Started the biggest air strikes of the war Ukrainian At the weekend, kill four people, including a mother and a three -month -old baby.
More than 800 drones and 13 missiles were fired to cities in Ukraine, including the capital KyivEarly on Sunday, September 7. The strike pointed out the first attack of the war on the main Ukrainian government building, and within two weeks, the second largest attack in the capital.
In response, the president Volodymyr Zelensky He called the attack as “a deliberate crime and the extension of the war ve and called for the US to give a“ strong response to the President of the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Moscow’s air strike in Ukraine is the last of the record -breaking air strikes in the last three months. Under, Independent It looks at how Russia decides to target Ukraine cities with such a destructive force.
The attacks increased from June to August
Russia’s air strikes in Ukraine have greatly increased with intense peaks since June. The figures show that Sunday’s attack is the most intense and that Moscow was the closest one on July 9, when he fired 741 drones and missiles.
Putin’s forces launched 2,022 drones and missiles against Ukraine this month. This is an increase of 42 percent compared to the first eight days of July, when Russia fired 1.418 drones and missiles against Ukraine.
In the first eight days of August, Russia fired 683 drones and missiles into Ukraine – less than the sum of the Air strike on Sunday. However, the strikes intensified during the month and reached a total of 4,288 until the last day.
July, Kiev and Sumy, Donetsk and Kherson regions, including 6,768 drones and missiles were fell throughout the country. In June, Moscow fired 5,677 drones and missiles in Ukraine.
Data, although the drone attacks have been slightly reduced in August, but so far continues in September, Ukraine is on the road for the most severe bombardment.
Since Istanbul meetings, Russia has “significant” increasing strikes
According to the Analysts of the Institute of War Research (IWS), Moscow has “continuously intensified his strikes since the beginning of the war in 2022.
They said that Russia’s attacks have been “taken into consideration ında since the Ukraine-Russia bilateral talks in Istanbul on May 15, 2025. During the negotiations, countries accepted a large -scale prisoner stock exchange, but could not reach an agreement on ending the struggle.
After a Russian attack on Kiev on September 7, a government building rises from a government building (AP)
His analysis shows that Russia has launched 16 combined strikes of more than 400 air targets since talks. They also stated that the attack on Sunday has been the fifth combined strike of more than 500 drones and missiles since the US-Russian summit in Alaska.
Federico Borsari, a man with the Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at the European Policy Analysis Center (CEPA) Independent The Russian army is likely to plan an increase in strikes for at least one year..
During a Russian drone and missile attack (Reuters), a drone explosion illuminates the sky on the city
“There were signs that Russia is trying to increase its production in terms of assets and platforms they could start against Ukraine in 2024, ve and added that the increase in drones was an attempt to make air raids more effective.
“Russia is trying to diversify to obtain a sufficient demolition scale to make strike packages more cost -effective and to destroy key military targets such as airports.”
Official, for more than three years, Russia, “Ukraine’s industrial production capacity to reduce the production capacity” is not “very effective”, he added.
The Russian army could not create a sense of panic and fear between the population to discredit the government and to create conditions for less activity on the front line ”.
Putin is trying to induce panic with strikes
People take refuge in a subway station during a Russian drone strike
Mr. Borsari continued to increase the damage against Russia’s critical Ukrainian infrastructure and at the same time to be more tactical for the purpose of aiming for manpower.
“Russia is now trying to focus on more strategic goals such as military registration offices in different parts of Ukraine,” he said. “The initiative here is not only to destroy energy plants or other infrastructure, but also to instill fear and create a panic sense between the population.
“So, to increase the psychological effects of this war on the population of Ukraine and at the same time to determine people on the registration offices.”
He said that the psychological effects of the strikes can “reduce the ability of Ukrainian forces to recruit:“ This is definitely a problem for Ukraine compared to Russia. ”
The analysis shows that they do not follow a consistent model while increasing the Moscow drone output and increasing the intensity of their attacks. On July 8, Russia fired 52 drones in Ukraine and then broke 550 records the next day. The next day he fired 322.
Moscow Strikes ‘Opening and Indoor Days’ Approach
Marcel Plichta, Old US Department of Defense The analyst claimed that Russia surprised the major attacks with a “open and closed” approach.
“You will have a really big and increasingly record -breaking attack, and then it would be like 100 drones or 61 drones,” he said.
“In addition to the benefit of the great attack, in addition to the headlines, Ukraine is more likely to crush air defense and damage the morale of the Ukrainian population.
“Trying to hit 500 aircraft at once at once, because you have to give priority suddenly. Where they are all and you have to answer them. This is much more challenging.”
Both analysts added that increased air strikes three years after Putin started the ruthless occupation of the country, and that there was no ceasefire on the cards in the near future.
“Russia has shown that they are all as a platform in Shahed. Drone attacks To accompany his missiles, Mr. Plichta said.
A drone exploding by the Iranian shahed drone initiated by Russia is flying for seconds before hitting buildings in Kiev (Copyright 2022 Associated Press. All rights are reserved)
“Basically, from now on, until the end of the conflict, you will see a growth in the number of HALEDs used. Perhaps the patterns of use will change again, but this total number used annually, Russia will continue to grow as more and better HAHEDs produce.”
“Ultimately, it is not a political end of the conflict that stops Shaheds, a political weapon that can reduce the intervention rate and even hit striking production facilities.”
“It is clear that Russia is not interested in obtaining a ceasefire based on the conditions that the United States and Ukraine hoped.”
