Despite that Ukraine did not receive permission from the United States to use missiles with a range of more than 250 km, as the American press wrote last week, even the hypothetical possibility of such a development of events forced Russia to change the disposition of its aviation and, possibly, the fleet, writes the BBC Si.
Russia did not wait for Ukraine's allies to resolve the issue of the use of missiles and moved its planes away from the front line in advance. This process has been going on for several months.
In addition, in recent days, the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which previously transferred its warships from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk, is now leaving its new base for the second time in a week.
So, on the one hand, the new missiles, which Ukraine still cannot use even against targets on Russian territory, act as a real deterrent - by their very presence and the very threat of use, they force the enemy to reduce the intensity of aviation combat work.