Russia and Ukraine engaged in aerial confrontations over the weekend, bombing each other's key targets with drones. Experts on military issues believe that this indicates that the Russian-Ukrainian war has entered a stalemate phase, and neither side has the ability to launch an effective offensive on the ground, and can only use drones to exert pressure.
On the 25th, foreign ** such as the Associated Press, CNN and others reported that Russia launched the "largest" drone attack on Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. According to the Ukrainian side, more than 70 Russian drones were successfully intercepted. Interfax-Ukraine also revealed that 77 residential buildings and 120 institutions in central Kyiv were without power due to drone strikes. On the 26th, the Ukrainian Air Force Command released another message, saying that 9 Russian attack drones launched an attack on Ukraine in the early morning of the same day, and the Ukrainian army shot down 8 of them.
Both Russia and Ukraine launched large-scale drone attacks, and the analysis said that the situation was at a stalemate
At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Defense and the city of Moscow have repeatedly announced that Russian air defense systems have repeatedly intercepted the incursion of Ukrainian drones in the regions of Moscow, Tula, Kaluga, Bryansk and Smolensk regions, totaling more than 20 drones.
Expert interpretation: At this stage, the situation on the battlefield between Russia and Ukraine is at a stalemate.
Military experts pointed out that Russia and Ukraine are not currently carrying out large-scale military operations on the ground, but have turned to the use of drones and other aerial **, which shows that Ukraine's autumn ** plan has not achieved the expected purpose, and the military assistance of the United States and NATO to Ukraine cannot meet Ukraine's needs on the battlefield, and the war has fallen into a relative stalemate, with both sides using drones to strike at each other.
Both Russia and Ukraine launched large-scale drone attacks, and the analysis said that the situation was at a stalemate
Cao Weidong, an expert on military issues: The flames of war have not been extinguished, and the two sides are still fighting. The advantage of drones is that they are low cost and large in number, so that the Ukrainian side can strike at deep Russian targets, such as Moscow, and not only in the conflict zone on the Russian-Ukrainian border. Russia is the same, it has abandoned the offensive on the ground and switched to defense, and when Ukraine strikes at its deep targets, it also uses drones, missiles, and even cruise missiles to strike back at Ukrainian deep targets, such as Kyiv. This situation indicates that the warring parties are in a stalemate on the battlefield.
Expert interpretation: The next stage of Russia and Ukraine may focus on attacking infrastructure targets.
According to the analysis of military experts, the current situation reflects the lack of ground forces and strike capabilities of both sides, and for a period of time in the future, Russia and Ukraine may focus their strikes on energy and other infrastructure, because the defense of these targets is weak, and after the strike, it can cause losses to the other side's economy and affect the people's livelihood of the other side, thereby weakening the other side's military strength from another angle and achieving the goal of consuming the other side. In the next stage, there may not be much change on the ground battlefield of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, unless one side has enough troops, enough equipment, and greater strategic intentions, in order to gain greater bargaining chips in the negotiations, it will launch a fierce firefight.