{"id":1295191,"date":"2025-09-21T13:17:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/an-asymmetric-response-how-should-ukraine-respond-to-russias-attacks-on-nato\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T05:08:20","slug":"an-asymmetric-response-how-should-ukraine-respond-to-russias-attacks-on-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/an-asymmetric-response-how-should-ukraine-respond-to-russias-attacks-on-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Asymmetric Strike: Responding to Russia\u2019s Attacks on NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Source: Author&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anton.pavlushko\/posts\/pfbid02aWvEHKhib6unEoqzHqZNjMYgJM1ZddpRNHEXqQvKoB1PpuzCFLbV4f4G1mENAx37l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is clear that the Estonians have nothing to shoot down, and the NATO forces deployed to Estonia are also hesitant, fearing escalation. In twelve minutes, it may all be over, and in a week everyone will forget, except for the Eastern Europeans, who have a rough idea of what actually happened.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"485\">Someday \u2014 I wanted to write \u201cnext time,\u201d but for now I\u2019ll stick with the neutral \u201csomeday\u201d \u2014 it will happen: Russian planes will approach their targets to launch missiles. The same KABs could be fired at Tallinn from international waters, without technically violating anything. NATO would then spend a long time collecting the wreckage and proving whether it was a Russian missile or bomb, scrutinizing radar data.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"811\">The Russians would point out that the KAB missile contained Western components, implying that it was NATO\u2019s own weapon. In general, yes, our plane lost a KAB missile, but it happened in international waters \u2014 so what\u2019s the problem? It didn\u2019t hit parliament or a kindergarten, and, in general, people should get used to it.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/paper-guarantor-or-defensive-alliance-the-world-needs-real-nato-action\/\">NATO: From Paper Tigers to Defensive Alliance\u2026 Someday?<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"245\">Some NATO supporters will start arguing in Hungarian and Slovak that all this happened because too much air defense was sent to Ukraine, leaving NATO countries vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"662\">But if there is no political will to shoot down Russian planes near Estonia, there is another solution \u2014 Ukraine should be allowed to shoot down Russian planes over the occupied territories. For some reason, the discourse on aid to Ukraine over the past few years has focused on what new paper sanctions could be imposed to make Russia run out of money and, somehow, make concessions. But what if that doesn\u2019t happen?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"1192\">There is a faster and more effective plan: simply transfer long-range missiles for F-16s to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For a long time, these missiles were withheld; when they were finally transferred, Ukraine still lacked the necessary munitions to shoot down Russian planes. F-16s exist, but so far they have only been used to hunt Shaheds, launch single missiles, or target Russian radars. They have not shot down a single Russian plane, which is why Russian KABs have continued to rain down on the front line for years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1194\" data-end=\"1577\">We are talking about the \u201clegendary\u201d AIM-120 air-to-air missiles for F-16s \u2014 the same missiles Erdo\u011fan used to shoot down a Russian aircraft. Transferring the latest versions could be a game-changer. A real game changer for escalation \u2014 it would strip the Russians of their KAB trump card. After a few downed \u201cDry\u201d aircraft, it would suddenly become much harder for them to attack.<\/p>\n\t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" data-right>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/drone-attack-on-poland-why-nato-is-afraid-of-putin\/\">Drone attack on Poland: why NATO is afraid of Putin<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\n<p data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"449\">Instead of asking Trump for another empty promise (and he will certainly deliver one) and trying to impose yet another round of meaningless sanctions on Russia, we need to demand more weapons for Ukraine. Not some miracle missiles arriving in a year, not bombs that still need to be developed, not another sanctions package \u2014 but missiles capable of shooting down Russian planes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"705\">If you are afraid to take the shot yourself, give Ukraine the latest, longest-range versions of the AIM-120 or any other advanced air-to-air systems. Solve the KAB problem and send a clear message to Russia: it is unacceptable to fly near NATO borders.<\/p>\n<p><em>Estonia said on Tuesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/try-rosiyski-mih-31-porushyly-povitrianyy-prostir-estonii\/\">three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets had entered its airspace without permission<\/a> and remained there for 12 minutes. The country&#8217;s Foreign Ministry has already summoned the Russian charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires to protest and hand over a note regarding the incident that occurred on September 19 over the Gulf of Finland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The agency later clarified that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/mih-31-zaletily-navmysne-v-estonii-zrobyly-zaiavu-shchodo-rosiyskoho-vtorhnennia\/\">the incursion of Russian MiG-31 fighters into Estonian airspace was deliberate<\/a>. The country activated NATO&#8217;s Article 4 and also protested to the Russian diplomat.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 Materials published in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section reflect the opinion of the author of the publication, who bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The editorial staff of prm.ua may not share the opinions expressed in the author&#8217;s material.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>\u2022 The owner of the webpage in the \u201cOPINIONS\u201d section is the author of the publication.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Author&#8217;s Facebook page It is clear that the Estonians have nothing to shoot down, and the NATO forces deployed to Estonia are also hesitant, fearing escalation. In twelve minutes, it may all be over, and in a week everyone will forget, except for the Eastern Europeans, who have a rough idea of what actually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1295161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76893],"class_list":["post-1295191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1295191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1295872,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295191\/revisions\/1295872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1295161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1295191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1295191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}