It doesn’t mean Russians will shoot anything, same as China openly testing weapons on 1:1 replicas of US carriers[1]: the point is to deter involvement of the W

It doesn’t mean Russians will shoot anything, same as China openly testing weapons on 1:1 replicas of US carriers[1]: the point is to deter involvement of the West into Russia’s/China’s internal matters (taking over Taiwan/Ukraine) by showing seriousness of consequences. [1] - https://news.usni.org/2021/11/07/china-builds-missile-targets-shaped-like-u-s-aircraft-carrier-destroyers-in-remote-desert https://news.usni.org/2021/11/07/china-builds-missile-target...