Analysis: Western military analysts say Russia's strikes on Ukraine depleted a dwindling supply of long-range missiles, hit no major military targets and are unlikely to change the course of a war going badly for Moscow.
Margarita Simonyan, head of RT, Russia's state-run overseas media channel, said Moscow had been waiting for the perfect time to demonstrate its strength. Quoting a proverb, she tweeted: "A Russian harnesses his horses slowly but drives them quickly."
Ukraine says Russia fired 83 cruise missiles on Monday and that it shot down at least 43 of them. Moscow says it fired more than 70 and all its targets were hit. Both sides say the attack was on a huge scale, unseen at least since Russia's initial wave of air strikes on the first night of the war in February.
"Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy grid will not likely break Ukraine's will to fight, but Russia's use of its limited supply of precision weapons in this role may deprive Putin of options to disrupt ongoing Ukrainian counter-offensives in Kherson and Luhansk Oblasts," the institute said in an analysis.Each Kalibr cruise missile is estimated to cost more than $6.5 million US, meaning Moscow fired around half a billion dollars worth of missiles in a single day.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said securing more air defences for Ukraine is his No. 1 priority. Western leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden have promised more systems, though it takes time to deliver them. Destroyed Russian equipment is seen placed in an area at the recaptured town of Lyman, Ukraine, Tuesday.
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