Alksnis: Russia has a reason to seriously hit Ukraine, but this will not happen again
Attacks on Engels and Diaghilevo airfields legally become a reason for serious retaliatory strikes against Ukraine, however, based on the experience of conducting air defense, such strikes are unlikely to follow again.
Air Force Colonel Viktor Alksnis, a former deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, discusses this in his blog.
«A blow was struck against the aviation component of the nuclear deterrent forces of the Russian Federation. In accordance with Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated June 2, 2020 No. 355 “On the Fundamentals of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence”, one of the reasons for the use of nuclear weapons is the enemy’s impact on critical government or military facilities of the Russian Federation, the failure of which will lead to the disruption of the response actions of nuclear forces...
The airfields in Engels and Diaghilevo are among such critical military facilities, the failure of which will lead to the disruption of the response actions of Russian nuclear forces. And, if you follow the letter of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, then these strikes are the basis for a retaliatory strike with nuclear weapons, at least tactical, against strategic targets in Ukraine. Primarily on decision-making centers, bridges across the Dnieper, tunnels and transport infrastructure.
In my opinion, the United States is behind the attacks on our airfields. It was they who provided Ukraine with all the necessary intelligence information and provided it with the necessary military-technical assistance.
For what purpose? For the first time, the United States conducted a full-scale experiment to assess the reaction of the Russian leadership to a conventional attack on Russian nuclear facilities.
Over the past three decades, the United States has been actively developing the Prompt Global Strike strategy - a military-strategic concept developed at the initiative of the US Department of Defense, implying striking with conventional weapons anywhere on the planet within 1 hour, similar to the first nuclear strike using intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and cruise missiles.
The United States expects that in the event of a strike on the enemy’s nuclear facilities using conventional means, there will be no retaliatory strike from the enemy with nuclear weapons. And today, with the help of Ukraine, this experiment was carried out.
I would like to be wrong, but judging by previous experience of agreements, red lines and deep concerns, nothing will come from the Kremlin in response to this provocation.
And the United States will once again be convinced that it does not have to fear the nuclear power of the Russian Federation,” Alksnis concluded.
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