'Nothing extraordinary': Air Force on 'enough for few more attacks' ammo for Kyiv air defense
Photo: Spokesperson for the Air Force of Ukraine (Getty Images)
Partners of Ukraine provide missiles for MANPADS as needed, as the stock of Western weapons will become a target for the Russians, says the spokesperson for the Air Force of Ukraine, Yurii Ihnat.
"Today, the media spread the words of the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev, that there will be enough missiles for MANPADS only for a few such mass attacks! Apparently, it refers to December 29 and January 2," the statement said.
In particular, in a comment to the AFP, it is also mentioned about missiles for medium and long-range air defense missile systems - Patriot.
According to Ihnat, there is nothing new here; it was the same last year, in the summer, and now. Partners provide Ukraine with missiles urgently needed. Anti-aircraft missiles are a scarce commodity, both Soviet ones, such as S-300 and Buk-M1, and Western ones.
Ukraine does not produce them and constantly receives them from partners in various countries.
Nothing extraordinary is happening
"Does anyone think that Ukraine should set up warehouses to store Western anti-aircraft missiles, which will inevitably become a priority target for the enemy?!" Ignat writes.
The spokesperson for the Air Force also stated that nothing extraordinary was happening; the enemy gradually tries to wear out the Ukrainian air defense, forcing it to spend valuable ammunition with such mass attacks.
Occupiers do this every day and night. At the same time, they also spend expensive missiles, which are simply sent off the assembly line.
What preceded
Earlier, Serhii Naiev stated that mobile air defense groups have enough ammunition, including missiles for MANPADS, to repel several more powerful attacks by Russian occupiers on the Ukrainian capital.
According to him, the current situation with portable anti-aircraft missile systems for mobile air defense groups is such that there is enough ammunition to withstand several more powerful attacks.
Repelling mass strikes by the Russian Federation against Ukraine
Recall that on January 2, Russian occupiers launched 35 kamikaze drones on Ukraine overnight, all of which were shot down. After that, the invaders released 99 missiles of various types, including aeroballistic Kinzhals, in the morning. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi reported that on January 2, the air defense forces shot down 72 missiles, including all 10 Kinzhals.
According to the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Serhii Naiev, on January 2, mobile air defense groups destroyed 8 out of 17 strike UAVs. They also successfully worked on enemy cruise missiles.
Before that, on December 29, Russian terrorists launched a mass attack on Ukraine, using about 160 UAVs and missiles of various types, except for Kalibr. The air defense forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine then shot down 114 enemy air targets.
