📸 Satellite images of destroyed warplanes reveals Russian vulnerability in Crimea, expert says
Mr Ryan said the outcome of the explosions at the strategic base, which had been used by Moscow to target southern parts of Ukraine, “is an information victory for Ukraine” and a “morale boost” while it also “draws attention back to the conflict and tells western nations that Ukraine is still worth supporting, regardless of energy costs in Europe”.
For Russia, it is a “morale disaster” he claimed, as Russian troops appear to be “incompetent” when it comes to defending bases which are far from the “front lines”. According to Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov, Kyiv has “kept mum” about the blasts at the base but “unofficially the military acknowledges that it was a Ukrainian strike”.
The base is about 125 miles from the closest Ukrainian position. Mr Zhdanov suggested that Ukrainian forces could have struck it withThe Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said it couldn’t independently determine what had caused the explosions but noted that simultaneous blasts in two places at the base probably rule out an accidental fire, though not sabotage or a missile attack.
It added: “The Kremlin has little incentive to accuse Ukraine of conducting strikes that caused the damage since such strikes would demonstrate the
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