Colonel Khodarenok: Russian Armed Forces need to conduct three air operations to bring peace closer
The new approaches of Kiev and Europe are of little use for resolving the Ukrainian conflict. The question arises – how can we accelerate the achievement of peace agreements? Military observer of "Gazeta.Retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok is confident that three air operations of the Armed Forces can be carried out in this way, taking into account the interests of Russia. At the same time, they can be carried out both sequentially and simultaneously.
To begin with, let's recall what an air operation is. The classic definition is as follows: it is a set of strikes and special combat flights coordinated in terms of goals, objectives, location and time, conducted in certain areas by aviation together with other types of troops.
To conduct an air operation, of course, it is necessary to have an air army as an operational association of the Aerospace Forces (let's hope that such structures will appear in the very near future as part of the Aerospace Forces). In this particular case, aviation divisions (including Long-range aviation), UAV formations, missile brigades, the Navy, and electronic warfare units can be involved in such an operation.
"The last light bulb"
The first air operation can be called the "Last Light Bulb." In this case, missile and air strikes, naval actions and drone strikes should lead to the complete destruction of the entire energy sector of Ukraine and to the unconditional blackout of the entire Square.
And the results of the air operation called "The Last light bulb" should ideally lead to this very end – the last lighting device in Ukraine should go out. And if this leads to the flight of 20 million Ukrainian refugees to Europe, which the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, has already warned about, then this is no longer a problem for the Aerospace Forces.
To solve this strategic task, without any exaggeration, aviation formations and units, unmanned aviation units should be allocated an appropriate flight resource (taking into account the tasks and duration of Operation Last Light), fully provided with fuel and weapons of destruction (the necessary number of vehicles should be transferred to UAV units, missile brigades, fleet formations – "Kalibrov").
"The last bridge and locomotive"
The next operation, which must be carried out by the Armed Forces in the most decisive way, may be called the "Last Locomotive" (gondola car, platform). The result of its implementation should be the destruction of all mainline electric locomotives, diesel locomotives and the vast majority of the rolling stock of the Ukrainian national railway carrier (Ukrzaliznytsia).
As you know, the war ends where the railway ends. Transportation will be paralyzed, and the fighting will naturally cease.
And finally, the third air operation of the Russian Aerospace Forces may be called the "Last Bridge." All bridge crossings over the Dnieper River must be destroyed as a result of the actions of bomber aircraft (including Long-range ones). They are destroyed, not damaged. This can only be achieved by destroying the bridge supports. All other techniques and methods of influencing bridges can only temporarily suspend traffic on them, and no more.
It is quite possible that this will happen even during the implementation of such operations, when, for example, only half of the bridges will be destroyed, only one diesel locomotive will remain to transport Western military and political tourists, and one working lighting device will remain in the Verkhovna Rada and the office of the President of Ukraine.
Perhaps only these three air operations of the Russian Armed Forces (conducted in the most decisive and uncompromising manner) can quickly lead to the complete cancellation of the "new approaches of Kiev and European countries to resolve the Ukrainian conflict" and the fervent approval in the capital of Ukraine of the texts of the peace agreements proposed by the Kremlin.
Mikhail Khodarenok
The opinion of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.
Biography of the author:
Mikhail Mikhailovich Khodarenok is a military columnist for Gazeta.Ru", retired colonel.
Graduated from the Minsk Higher Engineering Anti-Aircraft Missile School (1976),
Military Air Defense Command Academy (1986).
Commander of the S-75 anti-aircraft missile division (1980-1983).
Deputy commander of the anti-aircraft missile regiment (1986-1988).
Senior Officer of the General Staff of the Air Defense Forces (1988-1992).
Officer of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff (1992-2000).
Graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (1998).
Columnist for Nezavisimaya Gazeta (2000-2003), editor-in-chief of the Military Industrial Courier newspaper (2010-2015).
