The people's belief in that they live in a safe country has been broken. It is the main achievement of all these deep strikes,
The worst problem we are facing is the one coming from North Korea,
During this period (summer 2025) they will face a dilemma: either to declare mobilization or to somehow reduce the intensity of hostilities, which may ultimately be critical for them,
They supply huge amounts of artillery ammunition, which is critical for Russia,
As the head of intelligence, I can say directly: the fact that they are supplying ballistic missiles there is unpleasant for us, but it is not a significant amount – but with regard to the ammunition, that is critical for us. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do about it for now. That is the unfortunate truth."
It seems dubious that several hundred of these munitions could have a significant impact on the war,
The Russians want to overwhelm and bludgeon Ukrainian forces, which are already facing manpower shortfalls,
Russia is likely not concerned with the wide target deviation circular error because many of Russia's own munitions have similar issues and because Russia has targets for which it is less concerned with such deviation,
Russia wants this missile system in order to reduce stress on its own stocks of mobile short-range ballistic missiles, most notably for systems such as Iskander,
Russia needs all the shorter range firepower that it can get, and despite the technical failings of Iranian missiles, the Russian war in Ukraine is not about precision, it is about brute force,
The short range of this system suggests that Russia likely intends to use these systems against Ukrainian front-line forces and their supporting infrastructure, pushing the system launchers into greater danger than some of its own launchers for longer-range systems,
The supply of ballistic missiles represents a further deepening of Iran's and Russia's military relationship,
First publicly displayed in 2020, the Iranian Fath-360 (also known as the BM-120) can deliver a 150kg warhead to a range of 120 km with a claimed accuracy of less than 30 metres. It can be deployed on a variety of road-mobile launchers including one capable of launching up to six missiles,