Russian missile strikes militarily 'nonsensical' and represent an 'extraordinary tantrum', expert says.
. Their ground forces are unequipped to change the course of the war form the battlefield, Miles said, thus prompting Putin's ineffectual air strike.While Russia's recent strikes won't be a one-time occurrence – the country unleashed a second bombardment throughout Ukraine on Tuesday – it is a tactic that is likely to be short-lived.
"I don't think they can keep doing it because they're running out of these tools, so that's another reason why this makes little sense," Miles said."It's expanding precious, scarce resources on nothing of any military value." He added that the"morally reprehensible" attacks could be a stalling technique as Russia hastily tries to put its recent
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