0:00 Today, the biggest news is coming from
0:01 St. Petersburg city. Here, newly found
0:04 accuracy in Ukrainian strikes is going
0:07 to force Putin to abandon his country's
0:09 second capital in the north as its air
0:11 defenses are coming under the same
0:13 intensity of strikes as Russian systems
0:15 on the front line itself.
0:18 Notably, during Ukraine's last strike on
0:20 St. Petersburg and Usluga oil export
0:23 facilities on the coast, a significant
0:25 number of other targets had been struck
0:27 as well. In addition to the oil
0:29 terminals and storage tanks, a Russian
0:32 missile ship was damaged by direct
0:33 strike as well as two Russian
0:35 helicopters and a MiG31 jet fighter
0:38 being downed by friendly fire.
0:41 Perhaps most crucial, however,
0:43 Ukrainians destroyed three of the
0:44 largest radar complexes around the city.
0:47 Very quickly, military analysts noted
0:50 how the damage on this radar stations
0:52 was so precise, it could have only been
0:54 achieved by a drone controlled in real
0:56 time. Longrange Ukrainian drone strikes
0:59 are almost always done through
1:01 pre-programmed flight paths with the
1:03 path being able to be broadly modified
1:05 from controllers in Ukraine.
1:08 Realtime adjustment, however, means that
1:10 the Ukrainian operators controlling the
1:12 drone are watching a live video feed and
1:15 directly steering the drone onto a
1:17 target, allowing them to be much more
1:20 Ukraine does not have access to this
1:22 kind of uninterrupted communication at
1:24 distances over a thousand kilometers
1:28 A big explanation for how this strike
1:30 was still conducted is that Sterling's
1:32 coverage is not blocked to the exact
1:34 administrative Russian border, often
1:37 extending up to 30 or more kilometers
1:39 inland. As Finland, Estonia, and even
1:42 the Baltic Sea itself experienced full
1:44 stalling connectivity, it is highly
1:47 likely that Ukrainians were able to
1:48 coast off of this connection to maintain
1:51 complete control of their drones and
1:53 guide them to their targets with
1:55 unmatched precision.
1:57 This means that Ukraine has just found a
1:59 loophole to make even their deep rear
2:01 strikes as accurate as their frontline
2:03 and mid-range strikes. The implications
2:07 of this are immense. Due to the accuracy
2:10 of Ukrainian strikes in the frontline
2:11 area, Russia has lost over 1,700 air
2:15 defense systems throughout the war.
2:18 September saw an especially notable
2:20 number of 86 confirmed destructions in a
2:23 single month. This is why Russia often
2:26 maintains an extremely dispersed stance
2:28 and moved many of its strongest systems
2:30 further back to prevent losses from
2:32 becoming too unbearable.
2:35 Now that Ukrainians are effectively able
2:37 to expand this level of precision all
2:39 along the Russian border and coastline,
2:41 Russians are faced with an extreme
2:43 problem. Now Ukrainians do not need to
2:46 saturate and overwhelm Russian air
2:48 defenses in these areas through massive
2:50 numbers, but they can simply engage
2:53 these defenses outright and force open a
2:56 gap for follow-up strikes to make it
2:58 through. In this case, Russian export
3:00 hubs in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad
3:03 coastline were only the beginning. A
3:05 test to see if it would work. In the
3:08 future, we could see Ukrainians
3:09 capitalizing on this method to strike
3:11 major air and military bases in Voresh,
3:14 Belgarot, Kursk, Rosto, or even Kadar,
3:17 destroying the air defenses meant to
3:19 protect their approaches to these
3:21 critical military assets. In turn, as
3:24 these pricey systems become more of a
3:26 target, Russians will be forced once
3:28 again to move their air defenses away.
3:31 this time not just away from Ukraine
3:33 itself, but from the entire Russian
3:35 border area, lest they become
3:37 irreplaceable losses very soon.
3:40 Essentially, this will result in
3:42 Russians being forced to fight Ukrainian
3:43 drones and protect their most valuable
3:46 military and economic assets from a
3:48 distance, greatly reducing their
3:50 efficiency and enhancing the impact of
3:52 Ukrainian deep strikes.
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