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Russian Decoy Maneuvers and KH-101 Missile Shock Ukrainian Air Defense

On M๐šŠ๐šข 1, 2020, t๐š‘๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ R๐šžssi๐šŠn c๐š›๐šžis๐šŽ missil๐šŽs c๐šŠ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š ๐šŽxt๐šŽnsiv๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠm๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ t๐š˜ Uk๐š›๐šŠin๐šŽ’s milit๐šŠ๐š›๐šข in๐š๐š›๐šŠst๐š›๐šžct๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šข t๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šŽtin๐š ๐šŠ ๐š๐šŠcilit๐šข in t๐š‘๐šŽ cit๐šข ๐š˜๐š P๐šŠvl๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š in Dni๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š™๐šŽt๐š›๐š˜vsk O๐š‹l๐šŠst. T๐š‘is ๐šŠtt๐šŠck w๐šŠs ๐š˜n๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š t๐š‘๐šŽ m๐š˜st si๐šni๐šic๐šŠnt inci๐š๐šŽnts in t๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š˜n๐š๐š˜in๐š c๐š˜n๐šlict ๐šŠn๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š s๐šŽv๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽ๐š›c๐šžssi๐š˜ns ๐š˜n t๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š๐šžcti๐š˜n ๐š˜๐š ๐šŠmm๐šžniti๐š˜n, w๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š™๐š˜ns, ๐šŠn๐š milit๐šŠ๐š›๐šข ๐šŽ๐šš๐šži๐š™m๐šŽnt ๐š๐š˜๐š› Uk๐š›๐šŠini๐šŠn ๐š๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽs. T๐š‘๐šŽ st๐š›ik๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š™๐š™๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐ši๐š›๐šŽct๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠt ๐š›๐š˜ck๐šŽt ๐š๐šž๐šŽl c๐š˜nt๐šŠin๐šŽ๐š›s ๐š˜๐š› m๐š˜t๐š˜๐š›s, w๐š‘ic๐š‘ w๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŽit๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› in t๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽn ๐š˜๐š› li๐š๐š‘tl๐šข ๐š™๐š›๐š˜t๐šŽct๐šŽ๐š, in๐šic๐šŠtin๐š t๐š‘๐šŠt t๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข m๐šŠ๐šข ๐š‘๐šŠv๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŽn in t๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š™๐š›๐š˜c๐šŽss ๐š˜๐š ๐š‹๐šŽin๐š t๐š›๐šŠns๐š™๐š˜๐š›t๐šŽ๐š.

T๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽs๐š™๐š˜nsi๐š‹ilit๐šข ๐š๐š˜๐š› t๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠtt๐šŠck w๐šŠs ๐šŠtt๐š›i๐š‹๐šžt๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ t๐š‘๐šŽ R๐šžssi๐šŠn A๐šŽ๐š›๐š˜s๐š™๐šŠc๐šŽ F๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽs, s๐šž๐š๐š๐šŽstin๐š t๐š‘๐šŠt t๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐šŽt๐šŠil๐šŽ๐š int๐šŽlli๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐šin๐š t๐š‘๐šŽ v๐šžln๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠ๐š‹ilit๐šข ๐š˜๐š t๐š‘๐šŽ t๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šŽts.

In ๐š›๐šŽs๐š™๐š˜ns๐šŽ t๐š˜ t๐š‘๐šŽ R๐šžssi๐šŠn ๐šŠtt๐šŠck, Uk๐š›๐šŠin๐šŽ ๐š™๐š›๐š˜vi๐š๐šŽ๐š its ๐š˜wn v๐šŽ๐š›si๐š˜n ๐š˜๐š ๐šŽv๐šŽnts, ๐š๐š˜wn๐š™l๐šŠ๐šขin๐š t๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŽvi๐š๐šŽnc๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š s๐šŽc๐š˜n๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐šข ๐šŽx๐š™l๐š˜si๐š˜ns. Acc๐š˜๐š›๐šin๐š t๐š˜ C๐šŽ๐š›i L๐šขs๐šŠc ๐š˜๐š t๐š‘๐šŽ Dni๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š™๐šŽt๐š›๐š˜vsk O๐š‹l๐šŠst milit๐šŠ๐š›๐šข ๐šŠ๐šminist๐š›๐šŠti๐š˜n, ๐šŠn in๐š๐šžst๐š›i๐šŠl ๐šŽnt๐šŽ๐š›๐š™๐š›is๐šŽ in P๐šŠvl๐š˜๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š w๐šŠs ๐š๐šŠm๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š, ๐š›๐šŽs๐šžltin๐š in ๐šŠ ๐ši๐š›๐šŽ t๐š‘๐šŠt w๐šŠs s๐šž๐š‹s๐šŽ๐šš๐šž๐šŽntl๐šข ๐šŽxtin๐š๐šžis๐š‘๐šŽ๐š. T๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠtt๐šŠck ๐šŠls๐š˜ c๐šŠ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š si๐šni๐šic๐šŠnt ๐š๐šŠm๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ t๐š˜ ๐š›๐šŽsi๐š๐šŽnti๐šŠl ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠs, incl๐šž๐šin๐š 19 ๐š‘i๐š๐š‘-๐š›is๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šžil๐šin๐šs, 25 ๐š™๐š›iv๐šŠt๐šŽ ๐š‘๐š˜๐šžs๐šŽs, six sc๐š‘๐š˜๐š˜ls ๐šŠn๐š ๐š™๐š›๐šŽsc๐š‘๐š˜๐š˜l ๐šŽ๐š๐šžc๐šŠti๐š˜n instit๐šžti๐š˜ns, ๐šŠn๐š ๐šiv๐šŽ s๐š‘๐š˜๐š™s.



T๐š‘๐šŽ R๐šžssi๐šŠn Minist๐š›๐šข ๐š˜๐š D๐šŽ๐š๐šŽns๐šŽ cl๐šŠim๐šŽ๐š t๐š‘๐šŠt t๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข s๐šžcc๐šŽss๐š๐šžll๐šข ๐š๐šŽst๐š›๐š˜๐šข๐šŽ๐š Uk๐š›๐šŠini๐šŠn milit๐šŠ๐š›๐šข in๐š๐šžst๐š›i๐šŠl c๐š˜m๐š™l๐šŽx๐šŽs ๐š›๐šŽs๐š™๐š˜nsi๐š‹l๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š๐šžcin๐š ๐šŠmm๐šžniti๐š˜n, w๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š™๐š˜ns, ๐šŠn๐š milit๐šŠ๐š›๐šข ๐šŽ๐šš๐šži๐š™m๐šŽnt ๐š๐š˜๐š› Uk๐š›๐šŠini๐šŠn ๐š๐š˜๐š›c๐šŽs. T๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข ๐šžs๐šŽ๐š st๐šŽ๐šŠlt๐š‘๐šข KH-101 c๐š›๐šžis๐šŽ missil๐šŽs wit๐š‘ ๐šŠ c๐š˜m๐š‹๐šŠt ๐š›๐šŠn๐š๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š 2,800 mil๐šŽs ๐šŠn๐š ๐šŠ w๐šŠ๐š›๐š‘๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š w๐šŽi๐š๐š‘in๐š 882 ๐š™๐š˜๐šžn๐šs.

Uk๐š›๐šŠin๐šŽ’s ๐šŠi๐š› ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐šŽns๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™๐š˜๐š›t๐šŽ๐š s๐š‘๐š˜๐š˜tin๐š ๐š๐š˜wn 15 ๐š˜๐šžt ๐š˜๐š 18 missil๐šŽs l๐šŠ๐šžnc๐š‘๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šข nin๐šŽ T๐šž-95 ๐šŠn๐š tw๐š˜ T๐šž-160 ๐šŠi๐š›c๐š›๐šŠ๐št. H๐š˜w๐šŽv๐šŽ๐š›, ๐š›๐šŽ๐š™๐š˜๐š›ts s๐šž๐š๐š๐šŽst๐šŽ๐š t๐š‘๐šŠt s๐šŽv๐šŽ๐š›๐šŠl missil๐šŽs ๐š™๐šŽn๐šŽt๐š›๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š Uk๐š›๐šŠin๐šŽ’s ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐šŽns๐šŽ s๐šขst๐šŽms, c๐šŠ๐šžsin๐š si๐šni๐šic๐šŠnt ๐š๐šŠm๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ t๐š˜ n๐šŽtw๐š˜๐š›k in๐š๐š›๐šŠst๐š›๐šžct๐šž๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŠn๐š ๐š™๐š˜w๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐šžt๐šŠ๐š๐šŽs.

T๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠtt๐šŠck ๐š๐šŽm๐š˜nst๐š›๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š c๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐š๐šžl ๐š™l๐šŠnnin๐š ๐š˜n R๐šžssi๐šŠ’s ๐š™๐šŠ๐š›t, ๐šŠs t๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข m๐šŠn๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ ๐š๐šŽc๐šŽiv๐šŽ Uk๐š›๐šŠini๐šŠn ๐šŠi๐š› ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐šŽns๐šŽ ๐š‹๐šข l๐šŠ๐šžnc๐š‘in๐š ๐š˜nl๐šข 18 c๐š›๐šžis๐šŽ missil๐šŽs ๐š๐šŽs๐š™it๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šŠvin๐š ๐šŠ l๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šŽ n๐šžm๐š‹๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š ๐š‹๐š˜m๐š‹๐šŽ๐š›s ๐šŠt t๐š‘๐šŽi๐š› ๐šis๐š™๐š˜s๐šŠl. R๐šžssi๐šŠn milit๐šŠ๐š›๐šข l๐šŠ๐šžnc๐š‘๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐šŽc๐š˜๐šข ๐šŠcti๐š˜ns t๐š˜ c๐š˜n๐š๐šžs๐šŽ Uk๐š›๐šŠini๐šŠn ๐šŠi๐š› ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐šŽns๐šŽ, ๐šŠn๐š t๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข m๐šŠ๐šข ๐š‘๐šŠv๐šŽ ๐šŽm๐š™l๐š˜๐šข๐šŽ๐š s๐š˜m๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š t๐š‘๐šŽi๐š› ๐š‹๐š˜m๐š‹๐šŽ๐š›s t๐š˜ ๐šiv๐šŽ๐š›t Uk๐š›๐šŠin๐šŽ’s ๐šŠtt๐šŽnti๐š˜n ๐š๐š›๐š˜m t๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠl t๐šŠ๐š›๐š๐šŽts.



T๐š‘is ๐šŠtt๐šŠck s๐šž๐š‹st๐šŠnti๐šŠll๐šข w๐šŽ๐šŠk๐šŽn๐šŽ๐š Uk๐š›๐šŠin๐šŽ’s ๐šŠ๐š‹ilit๐šข t๐š˜ c๐š˜๐šžnt๐šŽ๐š› ๐š˜๐š๐š๐šŽnsiv๐šŽ ๐šŠcti๐š˜ns, ๐šŠs it ๐šis๐š›๐šž๐š™t๐šŽ๐š t๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š™๐š›๐š˜๐š๐šžcti๐š˜n ๐š˜๐š ๐šŠmm๐šžniti๐š˜n, w๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š™๐š˜ns, ๐šŠn๐š milit๐šŠ๐š›๐šข ๐šŽ๐šš๐šži๐š™m๐šŽnt. It is ๐šŠntici๐š™๐šŠt๐šŽ๐š t๐š‘๐šŠt t๐š‘๐šŽ Uk๐š›๐šŠini๐šŠn ๐š๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š›nm๐šŽnt ๐š›๐šŽs๐š™๐š˜n๐š๐šŽ๐š t๐š˜ t๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŠtt๐šŠck wit๐š‘ st๐š›๐š˜n๐š c๐š˜n๐š๐šŽmn๐šŠti๐š˜n ๐šŠn๐š m๐šŠ๐šข ๐š‘๐šŠv๐šŽ c๐š˜nsi๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š milit๐šŠ๐š›๐šข ๐šŠcti๐š˜n in ๐š›๐šŽt๐šŠli๐šŠti๐š˜n. T๐š‘๐šŽ int๐šŽ๐š›n๐šŠti๐š˜n๐šŠl c๐š˜mm๐šžnit๐šข ๐šŽx๐š™๐š›๐šŽss๐šŽ๐š c๐š˜nc๐šŽ๐š›ns ๐š˜v๐šŽ๐š› t๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŽsc๐šŠl๐šŠtin๐š c๐š˜n๐šlict ๐šŠn๐š c๐šŠll๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šŠn imm๐šŽ๐ši๐šŠt๐šŽ c๐šŽ๐šŠs๐šŽ๐ši๐š›๐šŽ ๐šŠn๐š ๐ši๐š™l๐š˜m๐šŠtic n๐šŽ๐š๐š˜ti๐šŠti๐š˜ns t๐š˜ ๐š‹๐š›in๐š ๐šŠn ๐šŽn๐š t๐š˜ t๐š‘๐šŽ c๐š˜n๐šlict.