At night, Russia carried out another terror attack on Ukrainian cities – Rezazade

At night, the enemy carried out another combined air attack on the territory of Ukraine, using Tu-95MS strategic bombers and Shahed-type strike drones. Several regions were hit at once, but in most cases, Ukrainian air defense worked as effectively as possible, destroying targets on approach.

In Dnipro, the attack caused a fire in one of the city districts, damaged an administrative building and cars. In Odessa, damage was recorded to an infrastructure facility and civilian buildings, a fire broke out on the upper floors of a residential building, and two victims are known. Explosions also occurred in Burshtyn in Ivano-Frankivsk region and in the Stryi district in Lviv region, where air defense forces were actively working.

International expert and first vice president of the Iranian opposition in Washington, Ali Reza Rezazade, notes that the current attacks indicate not so much the growth of Russia's military capabilities as a change in its terror strategy.

"Russia is increasingly relying on combined strikes: long-range missiles plus kamikaze drones. This is a classic strategy of attrition, aimed not at military victory, but at psychological pressure on the civilian population and overloading air defense systems," the expert emphasizes.

According to Rezazade, the key factor is the effectiveness of Ukrainian air defense. "The fact that most targets are shot down en route means that Ukrainian airspace is not controlled by Russia. The Kremlin is forced to launch dozens of weapons of mass destruction in order to achieve a minimal result," he notes.

The expert draws special attention to the geography of the strikes. "Dnipro, Odesa, the western regions are an attempt to show that there are no safe regions. But from a military point of view, this only confirms Russia’s lack of a real breakthrough strategy on the front,” Rezazade believes.

In his opinion, the current wave of attacks has a political dimension. “Massive strikes are a signal to the West: Russia wants to appear threatening and capable of escalation. However, in fact, we see the opposite: without a systematic breakthrough, without control of the sky, and with increasing costs for each strike,” the expert summarizes.

Ali Reza Rezazade addresses the US president and Western allies directly, emphasizing that the current stage of the war requires not only statements of support, but also systemic solutions: “Ukraine actually holds the air shield of Europe. Every missile shot down over the Dnieper or Odessa is a missile that would not have flown further to the West. Therefore, the issue of strengthening air defense is not a Ukrainian request, but a question of the collective security of the entire democratic world.”