Russian officials remain discouraged by the attack on the Saki military airfield in occupied Crimea, namely how the Ukrainians managed to get to it at a depth of 225 km to the rear. It is beneficial for Ukraine to keep the intrigue as to what else the Armed Forces of Ukraine can get. This is stated in the report of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) for August 10..

Mixed stories in the Russian media and among Russian bloggers suggest that either Russian Defense Ministry officials have competing theories on the attack and are sharing them with the media, or the Kremlin has failed to coordinate its information operation.. Ukraine made a successful attack while in the rear of Russia. The Russian forces at the air base most likely already know what happened, but may not yet understand how and from where exactly the Ukrainian forces carried out the attack,” the report says (ISW).

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Experts note that Ukrainian officials are using Russia's apparent confusion over the attack on the airfield to cover up Ukraine's longer-range capabilities.. In particular, the Ukrainians also took Maxim Gorky to the ammunition in Novoalekseevka, Genichensky district, and to the command post of the BTG of the 217th Guards Airborne Regiment..

“The attacks claimed by Ukraine demonstrate longer-range missile capabilities, but do not demonstrate the range needed to strike the Saki airbase from the front line.. The Ukrainian troops have various systems that they could use or modify to defeat the Russian military infrastructure in the Crimea or in the south of the Kherson region, ”experts say.

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Recall that ISW also wrote that it is beneficial for Russia to talk about self-detonation and not determine that the attack was carried out by Ukrainian troops, otherwise they will have to admit the ineffectiveness of their air defense.