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Ukraine has attacked three munitions depots deep inside Russia this month, causing significant damage.
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According to war experts, the attacks show how Russia is taking advantage of the “shelter” provided by the West.
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Most Western countries do not allow Ukraine to use weapons they supplied to attack targets in Russia.
According to experts, Ukraine’s recent attacks on ammunition depots in Russia show how much Russia benefits from the “shelter” provided by the West.
The Institute for the Study of War has made the assessment in a update on Tuesday, referring to satellite images.
It said that before and after the satellite images Photos captured by Maxar Technologies show the “drastic” damage Ukrainian attacks inflicted on three Russian ammunition depots in September.
The ISW referred to images of damage at the Oktyabrskii and Toropets depots in Russia’s Tver region and at the Tikhoretsk depot in the Krasnodar region.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the images show not only the destruction of dozens of ammunition storage facilities, but also of train wagons that were probably used to transport ammunition and large quantities of rocket-propelled grenades and other material that had been “randomly left in the open air.”
According to the ISW, the lack of operational security at Russian supply depots shows how Western restrictions that prohibit Ukraine from firing Western-supplied weapons into Russia give the Russian command the “flexibility” to circumvent rear-guard protection.
“This flexibility has given Russia the ability to optimize large rear-end facilities to transport equipment to Ukraine on a large scale,” the report said.
Ukraine is no longer allowed to use its arsenal of long-range missiles supplied by the West to pursue strategic goals within Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has done so too repeatedly requested the US and its other allies to lift these restrictions.
He told CNN Last Friday, he said lifting the restrictions was an “important” part of the victory plan he will present to US authorities this week and that he hoped his case would be heard.
In an interview with Good morning America This week, Zelensky said Putin would “continue to destroy us, continue to kill people, continue to kill children” if Ukraine was not allowed to use Western weapons on targets in Russia.
The Pentagon has justified the US decision not to allow such attacks, proverb that 90% of Russian aircraft firing glide bombs are outside the range of Ukraine’s ATACMS, that it is a limited number of ATACMS missiles, and also referring to the possibility of a escalation in the conflict.
But pressure is growing for Ukraine to use the weapons against Russia.
Last month, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said said EU countries must lift restrictions on the use of weapons against Russian military targets ‘in accordance with international law’.
And in a solution The European Parliament, passed last Thursday, called on EU countries to lift restrictions that prevent Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against “legitimate” military targets in Russia.
Denmark, Sweden, And Finland have openly said that Ukraine could use their weapons to strike deep inside Russia, and on Monday Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Bloomberg that Western allies should end discussions about Russia’s “red lines” and allow Ukraine to attack inside Russia without restriction.
“We have to be able to give the right answer, and that answer has to be strong,” she said.
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