The Missile Misses the Government Building in Freedom Square

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Video shows missile miss in centre of harkivein the main square. This has been referred to as evidence that they are now bombarding residential areas. But from what i could see on this video, that wasn't evidence of that. They did mean to hit them, but they're basically russias christmas. Their crews missiles just aren't accurate enough to do really surgical strikes. And they don't have enough of them anyway to accomplish their goals now end by force.

Freddie Sayers meets Justin Bronk.

It has been a week since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and one of many unanswered questions is why Russia has yet to launch the vast majority of its combat aircraft, despite having an advantage over the comparatively small Ukrainian air force. Could Putin be holding back the full might of his army for tactical or political reasons? Or is this failure to launch a symptom of poor planning by the Kremlin?

To seek out some technical expertise on this topic, Freddie Sayers spoke to Justin Bronk, Research Fellow for Military Airpower at the Royal United Services Institute.

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