Russians managed to evacuate Su-34 from the Russian air base "Malshevo"

This summer, Ukraine had a unique opportunity to attack the Russian Malshevo air base and destroy Russian aircraft there. However, the United States did not allow the use of ATACMS for the attack.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to Forbes.

It is known that at the beginning of this summer, the 47th Guards Bomber Regiment of the Russian Air Force deployed dozens of Su-34 aircraft in an open parking lot at the Voronezh Malshevo air base in southern Russia, about 160 km from the border with Ukraine. These are the planes that are used to drop the CABs on the territory of Ukraine.

"Voronezh's Malshevo is a fairly well-protected base, so the Ukrainians asked to be allowed to fire their best missiles from the US-made Army Tactical Air Defense Missile System. ATACMS is virtually impossible to intercept. But the administration of US President Joe Biden said no," Forbes writes.

At the time, the White House said that Ukraine could use ATACMS only in the temporarily occupied territories.

Talks about the territory of ATACMS application were in favor of the Russians, and they managed to withdraw Su-34s from Voronezh's Malshevo and other border airfields. Now the Su-34s are based hundreds of miles from the border and are invulnerable to both Ukrainian drones and ATACMS.

According to media reports, if the White House ever authorizes the use of ATACMS to strike Russian airfields, "it may be too late."

Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 07/08/2024