As the war continues, the intensity of the war between Russia and Ukraine is also skyrocketing. No, the alarm has been sounded throughout Ukraine recently, and the reason is that the Russian army has shown its cards. In the eyes of the outside world, Putin is using his actions to extinguish Kyiv's hopes of victory.
According to Western ** reports, the Russian army launched a large-scale bombing campaign against Ukraine from January 1 to January 2. 16 Tu-95MS, escorted by dozens of Su-35 fighters, launched strikes on military facilities and infrastructure on the territory of Ukraine. As a result, the alarm was sounded throughout Ukraine, with Kyiv and Kharkiv being the focus of the strike.
It is worth noting that this is the second large-scale operation of the Tu-95MS bomber in recent times. On December 29, the Ukrainian Air Force also released information that the Russian army used 9 strategic bombers in military operations. Similarly, at that time, the air defense alarm was sounded throughout Ukraine, notifying everyone to take refuge in the air-raid shelter.
In a short period of time, the strategy of dispatching strategic bombers twice in a row is a very rare thing in the entire process of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. After all, the Tu-95MS bomber, like the Tu-160 bomber, is one of the cards of Russia's strategic nuclear deterrence, and it is generally not used lightly. Now that it is frequently appearing in the skies over Ukraine, can it be said that Moscow has reached a very critical moment?
In the eyes of analysts, Putin's strategic deployment is likely to be based on two considerations. First of all, when Putin responded to the attack on Belgorod by the Ukrainian army, he promised to intensify the attack on military facilities in Ukraine. Therefore, the dispatch of strategic bombers can just prove his determination to agree to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Secondly, the Russian Aerospace Forces have suffered a lot of losses in the recent implementation of the strike mission against Ukraine. A number of Su-34 fighter-bombers and Su-35 fighters crashed in the skies over Ukraine. This also gave Zelensky and others hope for a counterattack. In addition, a number of NATO countries, mainly the United Kingdom, are trying to increase military assistance to Kyiv. Therefore, in order to achieve the goal of extinguishing Kyiv's hope of victory and deterring Western countries, Putin will give an order to let strategic bombers be dispatched on a large scale to deter Western countries by showing their cards.
After all, for Western countries, what Russia fears most is definitely the nuclear forces in their hands. Although the Tu-95MS bombers only used conventional ** to strike at the Ukrainian army this time, the nuclear strike mission is the meaning of their birth.
Of course, Putin still has a lot of cards in his hand, and the Tu-95 is just one of them. I believe that Western countries will have a clear understanding of Putin's determination after seeing Russia show its cards, and carefully consider whether to continue to strengthen Kyiv's military aid.