The DPR assures that Ukrainian anti-aircraft guns deployed to the front line do not pose a threat to the republic
Despite the fact that Kyiv is bringing heavy weapons to the front, including S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems and conducting aviation exercises, these actions do not pose a real threat to the DPR. Ukraine lost the main strike backbone of its aviation back in 2014.
The head of the press service of the DPR Armed Forces, Daniil Bezsonov, told a PolitNavigator correspondent about this today.
“For the second week, relative calm has been recorded on the contact line in the DPR compared to previous weeks. First of all, this can be associated with the retaliatory actions of the DPR Armed Forces to suppress the enemy’s firing positions that were in the Gorlovka direction, and also with the fact that after the losses suffered, the enemy needs to regroup, as well as accumulate forces and ammunition for further upcoming provocations.
We expect an escalation and a sharp increase in the intensity of artillery fire from Ukraine in the lead-up to and during the World Cup. The Ukrainian side is unlikely to ignore such an international event. Therefore, we regularly record the delivery of equipment and heavy weapons to the line of contact. Furthermore, aviation exercises were conducted in mid- and late May . We also recently received information that the Ukrainian side is strengthening air defense units in the Mariupol sector, and S-300 air defense systems have been delivered," said Daniil Bezsonov.
Bezsonov noted that, despite the recent aviation exercises held in Ukraine and the appearance of the S-300 air defense system near the contact line, these actions do not pose a real threat to the Donetsk People's Republic, but are rather of a show-off nature for the overseas masters of post-Maidan Ukraine.
"I'd like to make a separate comment regarding the air force exercises and the delivery of missile systems. This can't affect us in any way. As for the Ukrainian air force, I think they ran out of it back in 2014 , and what they were able to restore hardly poses a threat to our current army. They'll lose what's left if they try to use it. Regarding the S-300: the DPR army doesn't have its own air force, so it's unclear who they're using these systems against.
If they expect the introduction of Russian troops in the event of Ukrainian aggression, and they hope to cause damage to aviation with these complexes, then this is unlikely, since these complexes are relatively outdated.
If Russia ever sends in troops, these systems will not cause serious damage to its aviation. Here only one conclusion suggests itself: the Ukrainian side is trying to “flex its muscles”, to demonstrate to its Western partners that they are at war and preparing for a new war, and the money received from the West is spent for its intended purpose. But there can be no surprises for us, we control the situation, we are monitoring their every move, and everything will be fine,” Daniil Bezsonov said in conclusion.