Russland verlegt 90 Prozent seiner Flugzeuge, damit sie nicht in Reichweite des ukrainischen ATACMS sind, heißt es in einem Bericht

Very nice, more stress and wear on the frames and the maintenance crews and on spares and supplies. Excellent move Russia. And the longer fly time should give Ukraine a little bit more time to be prepared, not to mention less time to loiter.

From the article:

“President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this week, after a large salvo of Russian air strikes that “Defenders of life should have no restrictions on weapons, as long as Russia uses all kinds of its own weapons.”

The Institute for the Study of War estimated earlier this month that at least 250 militarily significant targets in Russia were within range of Ukraine’s American long-range ATACMS missiles but that the current restrictions only allow Ukraine to strike 20 of those targets.”

Seems reasonable to me. Ukraine attacking Russian soil has been a big positive boost for Ukraine’s war effort.

Also it seems Putin’s threats of using Nukes are much like the boy who cried wolf.

Maybe this gives Putin an off ramp to accept something like status quo ante bellum and withdraw from Ukraine.

Seems prudent

Someone, somewhere is on a private protected line, with other people in high places, openly asking “Lets say we just all did this, we’d be in Moscow by December. What’s the downside?”

In the end it means nothing. Right now Ukraine needs to address that bulging hemorrhoid in the East at Chasiv Yar. Russia keeps pushing and keep gaining ground and at the same time is not allowing Ukraine to dig in and build any defense’s.

So, like 5 planes?