Gross overkill honestly. I don't know why Russians can't use Tornado-S to produce a similar effect to HIMARS GMLRS ammunition.
On the other hand, I remember seeing this last week.
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Seems like even Western pundits are admitting that "gradually, then suddenly" can happen. I remember seeing such words in this thread.
Misidentification happens all the time.
I have mentioned time to time Tornado-S is frequently misidentified as Iskander. Everytime a ballistic missile attack is seen in a Russian Telegram channel it's an Iskander. However in some channels the same event is identified as a Tornado-S attack. It's safe to assume that a number of attacks attributed to Iskander might actually be Tornado-S.
Misidentification also frequently happens with FAB, OFAB, ODAB, X-38ML, UMPB, and Grom-E1. People see a big explosion and it's automatically a FAB because FAB, like Iskander, has become a brand name.
Poltava missile attack might be an Iskander because people's mind might default to this because of the Iskander brand name. At least for me, my mind was thinking Iskander as a first or immediate impression.
But this attack might also have been a Kinzhal or Zircon. The Russians didn't want the people in the building to escape, so the missile must have been extremely fast that there was no time to escape when the air alarms sounded.
As the institute was training not just communication, but radar, electronic warfare and drone specialists, this is a very high priority target that won't be spared the expense.
Yes, you said the Russian advance will be slow and gradual until it isn't.
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