- Washington Post, The Kremlin wants a role in Afghanistan 30 years after the Soviet withdrawal, by Missy Ryan and Amie Ferris-Rotman
By Roger McDermott, Eurasia Daily Monitor: “Such systems, apart from their role in air defense, form an integral part of the Russian Armed Forces’ stand-off strike capability, feed into a layered air defense, and constitute important elements of Russia’s anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategies.”