Blasts Rock Russian Bases All Around Ukraine As Kyiv Strikes With Rockets And Drones

As Ukrainian forces intensified their weeks-long campaign of strikes on Russian airfields, there were explosions across Russia.

The blasts, targeting airfields and other facilities, could disrupt supply lines and air operations and further isolated Russian troops in Ukraine, especially in the south, where Kyiv has been struggling to organize a counteroffensive to liberate the port of Kherson from Russian occupiers.

The strikes started around sundown. In Belgorod Oblast, 20 miles from the border with northeast Ukranian, there is an explosion. There was a fire at the airfield.

There was an explosion on the bank of the Dnipro River. The Ukrainians hit Russian facilities in the town twice in 24 hours.

Russian air-defenses are said to have opened fire on Belbek airport in western Crimea and on the eastern side of the peninsula.

The locations of the fires are consistent with the ongoing strikes by the Ukrainians. The campaign has focused on shaping the battlefield in southernUkraine while also plucking at Russian supply hubs and airfields around Kharkiv, the most vulnerable free city just 25 miles from the border with Russia in the northeast.

The counteroffensive by the Ukrainians coincides with the southern strikes. The Russian and Ukrainian armies had been separated for months by a natural defensive line across the Inhulets River.

The Ukrainians did not move very far beyond their river lodgments. The Russian 49th Combined Arms Army stood between the attackers and Kherson. The Kremlin recognized the danger to its position in the south as more Russian battalions arrived in the summer.

While the Inhulets were occupied by the Ukrainians, they launched coordinated strikes on the 49th CAA's supply lines as well as on air bases directly supporting the south.

In late July and early August, the Dnipro and Inhulets bridges were temporarily knocked out by Ukrainian shelling.

The Ukrainians added airfields in mid-August. The Russian Black Sea Fleet's Su-23 and Su-26 warplanes were destroyed in an August 9 attack on the Saki air base. The raid was similar to a missile strike. There are deep craters.

A new type of Ukrainian missile was pointed out by the distance from the front. The majority of the Ukrainian army's long-range rocket inventory flies no farther than 70 miles.

When Russia widened its war on Ukraine in February, Kyiv was working on new rocket types. Some of the new rockets may have entered service.

Some of the Ukrainian deep strikes are said to have been carried out by special forces. drones account for the balance There was an explosion at a Russian airfield near Hvardiiske on Tuesday.

Kyvi's robotic weapon of choice seems to be custom-made "suicide" drones that haul high-explosives. They can either be flown into the targets or land on them.

The Russians are aware of the danger. There was an intensive air-defense fire on Thursday.

Ukrainians are determined to strike Russian supply lines. Russia has a numerical advantage over Ukraine because of its heavy losses in the fighting.

When the Russian formations are adequately supported and supplied, the Ukrainians cannot hope to match them.

If the Ukrainians can cut off the 49th CAA and other Russian armies from their supplies and air support, they could starve them and launch a major ground assault.

The attempted strangulation got tighter after the Russian base exploded.