Most of the strikes directed at Kharkiv and its surroundings are carried out with the help of S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) and guided air bombs (ABMs). In order to reduce the threat to the civilian population, it is necessary to eliminate the means of fire and aviation equipment of the Russian Federation on its territory. This was stated by military and political analyst Dmytro Snegiryov.
"Most of the strikes on Kharkiv were carried out with the help of S-300 air defense systems, which were modified for attacks on ground targets and have a range of 200 to 250 kilometers. If the United States had given permission to use ATACMS missiles to attack the territory of Russia, we could minimize such a threat to the civilian population by introducing preventive strikes precisely at the launch sites of these missiles," he noted.
Snegiriov also pointed out that combating S-300 and S-400 missiles in the air is ineffective because it requires a large number of missiles, such as the Patriot air defense system.
"Allow us to eliminate the starting or basing sites of Russian aviation units on its territory in order to avoid the possibility of KAB attacks on Kharkiv. The range of KABs is from 50 to 70 kilometers," he emphasized.
He also emphasized that the means already transferred to Ukraine — American ATACMS, French SCALP and English Storm Shadow — can radically change the situation in the context of countering Russian aggression.
"We are talking about the fact that the Ukrainian side will have the legal right to strike exclusively at military facilities in order to prevent the genocide of the Ukrainian people. I will emphasize once again that it is much easier to deal with missiles at the stage of their launch, eliminating the launch sites, than to shoot them down in the air," concluded Dmytro Snegiriov.
