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to be fair, Ukrainians have shot down planes and helicopters in Russian airspace with Patriot batteries. The limiting conditions on doing more of that are ammun
by dantyti 2y ago
to be fair, Ukrainians have shot down planes and helicopters in Russian airspace with Patriot batteries. The limiting conditions on doing more of that are ammunition (for cover), air defense interceptor and launcher shortages. Saying that the West is to blame for not producing cutting-edge interceptors (that are extremely in demand) as if they were knick-knacks is not entirely fair. I write this as someone who has donated a substantial percentage of my savings to support Ukrainian efforts.
- CamperBob2 2y agoProbably what the GP means is the requirement, imposed by the Biden administration, not to use US-supplied weapons to attack Russia directly.
- genman 2y agoIt is very risky to move high valued assets like Patriot batteries close to the front line as in that case these assets are within the reach of low distance surveillance tools Russia has in abundance. Doing this resulted in loss of actual Patriot systems in Ukraine - these were spotted by Russian surveillance drones and then attacked using ballistic missiles. Ukraine could instead attack launch sites on Russian territory - it has been proven to be highly effective in Crimea - but Ukraine is not allowed to use Western ballistic missiles for that.