What is the current target of the Russian air strikes? According to the Ukrainian army, on September 20, the Russian forces conducted an air strike using 619 munitions, including 40 missiles and about 580 drones. Most of the missiles were the Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles, launched by 7-8 Tu-95MS bombers. After Ukraine's surprise attack on a key airport in Russia's rear on June 1, the number of Russian strategic bombers has significantly decreased. This strike is considered the largest scale of strategic bomber deployment so far.
The Russian attacks have all focused on the central and eastern regions. First, the central cities of Dnipro and Pavlohrad. Then, the southern cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa, and the northern cities of Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv region.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said that Russia attacked energy and railway infrastructure. However, actually, the Russian attacks have focused highly on key transportation hubs in Ukraine. Because Western-supplied equipment has greatly decreased, therefore Russia did not attack western transportation hubs such as Rivne and Lviv, but focused on hubs closer to the front lines, such as Dnipro and Pavlohrad. Because Russia is conducting a full-frontline offensive, preventing Ukrainian forces from quickly reinforcing with the railway network to plug gaps has become the main purpose of the current Russian air strikes.
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