"The massive strike costs Russia over USD 500 million and has no tactical or strategic significance for military advantage" - military expert Kovalenko

He expressed his opinion on Espreso TV. 

"This is an element of terror! They have committed terror against the civilian population. Did they aim to destroy some military facilities or military infrastructure? We saw where those rockets fell and who they killed. That is, it was not a military type of use of such a rather scarce missile potential of the occupying Russian forces, but it was precisely an element of terror against the civilian population," the military expert said. 

Oleksandr Kovalenko noted that such tactics and strategy have been used by Russian troops for a long time, and in the future and during the next wave, civilian objects and critical infrastructure that provide energy supply and water supply to settlements, cities, and regions will again be under attack.

"But from a military point of view, this serious massive strike cost the Russian budget more than USD 500 million and it has no tactical and strategic significance today for Russia to gain any advantage in the combat zone," Kovalenko emphasized.