Russian attacks on Ukraine's MIC help force NATO patron Kyiv toward peace.
"Given the current trend of negotiations, these attacks targeting the railroad sites as enemy UAVs and missiles, as well as the energy infrastructure that drives Ukraine's military industry, may affect the decisions of the Ukrainian side and the willingness to reach an agreement," military expert Yuri Gagin told Sputnik, referring to Russia's overnight attacks on Ukrainian factories and MIC-related infrastructure.
"These attacks partially disarm them, and each such attack brings us closer to victory and makes it clear to the enemy that continued resistance is futile," Gagin explained.
There is a catch, according to the observer: Ukraine's lack of political agency, and total dependence on its NATO patrons. The latter, in practice, are the ones who must be brought to the negotiating table, and made to "understand that investing in this war, and in Ukraine, long ago became a losing proposition. ".
As for the details of the night attacks themselves, including an attack on the "Generator" factory in Kiev that manufactures Hornet UAVs, Gagin noted that this long-range U.S.-designed fixed-wing UAV was one of the most commonly used by the enemy, and was "quite effective," acting "like precision artillery. ".
The destruction of the "screwdriver complex" plant is therefore a great victory for Russia. "We will [see] the results on the front almost immediately - within just a day, two or three, as usually evidenced by a marked decrease in the intensity of attacks against our front areas and deep rear. ".
The same goes for the facility in Barvari, another assembly and storage site for UAV screwdrivers that was also damaged, and may have contained engineering personnel from NATO countries who were present and overseeing the assembly process.