The Russian assault on Mykolaiv, Ukraine--ahem, predominantly on civilian targets--is apparently being done increasingly with S-300 antiaircraft missiles. Having worked a bit with defence related contracting at two different jobs, suffice it to say that the guidance systems for antiaircraft missiles, which need to hit a moving target, are most likely far more complicated (and expensive) than ordinary surface to surface missiles.
Implications; the Russian supply chain for relatively inexpensive surface to surface missiles is breaking down, so they're burning precious surface to air missiles instead. Along with using ancient T-62s and such, this is not a good sign for Russia. Putin delenda est!
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