Ukrainian Armed Forces officer: "Russia will destroy all Ukrainian civil aviation."
Moscow's response to Zelensky's threat to impose an air blockade on Russia will be extremely painful for Ukraine.
This was stated in a conversation with journalist Nikolai Feldman by former participant in the punitive operation against the LPR and DPR, captain of the Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery reconnaissance, Yevgeny Bekrenev ("Arty Green") , reports a correspondent for PolitNavigator.
"The Russians have the capability to destroy all aircraft currently based in Ukraine that haven't departed. I don't know how many there are, whether they exist, or whether they may have flown elsewhere long ago."
But if we start attacking civilian aviation infrastructure, I suspect that ours will also be destroyed.
"Moreover, the Russians are relocating theirs to a distance beyond the reach of our weapons. We need to weigh whether this Pandora's box is worth opening," Bekrenev said.
He doubts that this will cause a serious crisis for Russia.
"We definitely won't disrupt air travel beyond the Urals. And it's air travel beyond the Urals that's critical for Russians. But now they'll fly to Kamchatka not from Moscow or St. Petersburg, but from Yekaterinburg, for example, or Chelyabinsk, and then travel there by train, which takes two to three days," the officer says.
In his opinion, this will not affect the course of the war in any way.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Officer: "Russia will destroy all Ukrainian civil aviation."