The Russian border region around Belgorod was attacked again. For military expert Christian Mölling, these pinpricks do serve a purpose. In the podcast “Ukraine – the situation” he doubts whether they are politically correct.
The new explosions in Belgorod, Russia, are at least a success on the information level, says security expert Christian Mölling. The attacks would convey: We can come and go as we please and you won’t get us.
On the Russian side one must now consider how to distribute the military forces. The withdrawal of the Wagner group from Bachmut also had this effect, says Mölling im star– “Ukraine – The Situation”: “All forces that are tied up increase the dilemma for the Russian army.”
Small maneuvers unsettle the Russians
Ukraine will try to provoke this with small maneuvers in different places so that the Russian side is unsettled. “Maybe Ukraine is just waiting for a weakness to emerge from that that you can actually exploit,” says the military expert. “You raise the temperature on the Russian side, so you keep them under constant stress and you hope that mistakes will happen.” happen.”
Overall, such attacks would complicate the situation in Russia itself. “The bad reports are simply piling up,” says Mölling, also with regard to possible fighter jet deliveries. “Now, of course, you can try to keep everything as small as possible in propaganda, but your thoughts are still free.” All eyes would then turn to the Kremlin.
Attack on Moscow is red line
At the same time, there is a risk that support for Ukraine will plummet as attacks on Russia mount. “The understanding of what is legitimate in terms of international warfare and what is politically correct doesn’t really go together,” Mölling continued. It is perfectly legitimate to attack military targets – also in Russia. For many people, for example in Germany or in the USA, an attack on Moscow is the red line. “There is still a fear of escalation behind it.” The Ukrainians should take this sensibility into account in a certain way.
Source: Stern
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