Russia said on December 30 last year that Ukraine had killed 21 people and injured 111 in its attack on the border city of Belgorod that day. Russia judged that the attack used by the Ukrainian side was a high-explosive rocket with a range of more than 100 kilometers, and most of the rockets were intercepted by Russian air defense systems. However, several rockets and fragments of intercepted rockets hit parts of the city, causing significant **.
Some experts questioned the number of people reported by the Russian side, because it is Russia's consistent and traditional practice to conceal their own ** and exaggerate the other party**, and they speculate that the real death toll in Russia this time may exceed 100 and hundreds of people injured, and the ** number of people privately circulated by the local people in Russia also confirms the experts' speculation.
The fact that Russia itself has suffered such a major number of people has shocked and panicked the whole country, and Putin obviously can't hold it on his face. He has repeatedly claimed that Russia has the best air defense in the world** and that the Russian mainland is in absolute security. But now that such a significant number of personnel have appeared, Putin's statement is clearly exaggerated, that the Russian air defense system is not perfect, and that Russia itself is not safe.
Russia's large-scale retaliatory attack on Ukraine a few days ago apparently did not frighten Ukraine, and Ukraine's retaliation happened immediately, and future attacks on Russia could happen at any time. How can we effectively stop a rocket attack from Ukraine?This poses a big problem for Putin, who wants to be re-elected to Russia with a high vote this year.
Some foreign newspapers disclosed that on the same day that Russia was attacked by Ukraine and caused a major attack, Putin instructed relevant departments to secretly contact Israel, trying to buy from Israel the well-known, combat-tested Iron Dome defense system that specializes in dealing with rockets. But this offer was immediately and categorically rejected by Israel**.
According to what was disclosed, there are two reasons for Israel's refusal. First, after Israel was suddenly attacked by Hamas on October 7 last year and suffered heavy personnel, Russia has not publicly condemned Hamas, and Putin also invited Hamas's high-level officials to visit Russia and meet with them in a high-profile manner, which makes Israel think that Russia is not on its side. The second is that Israel's Iron Dome defense system has never been external, including the United States, and it is worried about technology leakage.
It seems that Russia can only find a way to deal with Ukrainian rocket attacks on its own, but it is not easy to intercept them efficiently. It is important to know that rockets are a low-altitude and short-range attack**, which is difficult and inefficient to intercept by conventional air defense**, and is often used by Hamas to attack Israel. It was also after years of practice that Israel developed the Iron Dome defense system, but it was not 100% successful. Russia has not been attacked by rockets for many years and has not paid attention to the research and development of rocket defenses, so it is not surprising that there were heavy casualties after being attacked by Ukrainian rockets.
Now that Russia and Ukraine have turned their heads and begun to target each other's civilian targets, the ** of civilians will become more and more serious, and the biggest victims of the war are ordinary people. I hope the war ends soon!