In this international comment, Uncle Mu will analyze Putin's first wave of revenge against Ukraine.
On June 6, Putin ordered various important Russian military departments to jointly launch a fierce air strike against Ukraine. The scope includes the entire territory of Ukraine. The Russian army said it had hit Ukraine's drone bases and missile factories, and all targets were hit. For example, Ukrainian military engine factories all raided.
This is retaliation and venting against the surprise attack of Ukrainian drone in Russia's strategic bomber not long ago.
But in addition to admitting some military losses, Ukraine also said that many civilian facilities in Kiev and other places were bombed.
Zelensky then ordered an immediate revenge on the evening of June 6.
According to the Ukrainian military, Ukrainian drones attacked two Russian air bases, a fuel depot and a missile and aviation plant overnight, such as successfully attacking Engels Airport in the Saratov region. Witnesses described it as an explosion in the refinery supplying Engels-2 Air Force Base, and three oil depots reportedly caught fire.
In Uncle Mu's view, this mutual attack between Russia and Ukraine can reflect two characteristics: First, Russia may pay less attention to avoiding attacks on civilian facilities. Because according to Ukraine, houses and roads in many areas of the country have been damaged, and these places are of course not military bases.
The areas where Ukraine attacks are all Russian military bases, which can also be confirmed by Russia's own reports. The most obvious example is that 117 drones hit five important airports in Russia a few days ago.
Secondly, Putin's counterattack felt that it did not cause much international turmoil. Although it was very powerful, it did not have any special highlights, because in the past, the Russian army also had various military services combined to attack the entire territory of Ukraine, but it did not cause Ukraine's combat effectiveness, especially the ability of asymmetric warfare, to suffer much damage.
In contrast, Russia's revenge gives people a state of venting casually attacks regardless of military and civilian facilities.
From the level of revenge in Russia, it is obviously relatively low-level and has poor results compared to Ukraine's carefully planned surprise attacks against strategic bombers.
Of course this is just Putin's first wave of attacks, and there may be a second and third wave in the future, so we can pay attention to it at any time.
