Ukrainian Air Force reveals why Russia increasingly resorted to ballistic attacks
Photo: Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat (armyinform.com.ua)
Russian troops have begun to attack Ukraine with ballistic missiles more often. The reason is that the invaders understand the capabilities of Ukrainian air defense to destroy kamikaze drones and cruise missiles, so they are looking for other methods of terror, according to Yurii Ihnat, spokesperson for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"The enemy is more often using missiles that fly along a ballistic trajectory. These are Iskander-M, Kinzhal, X-22 air defense missiles, and S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles," Ihnat says.
He notes that Russians understand the capabilities of Ukrainian air defense to destroy Shahed-136 kamikaze drones and cruise missiles.
"That is why the enemy resorts to using ballistics, which can only be shot down by special means, and we do not have many of them," explains the Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson.
Russian night attack on Ukraine on February 2
Russian troops attacked Ukrainian territory with Shaheds. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the drones flew from the southern and northern directions. Explosions were heard in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, and Kropyvnytskyi, and Ukrainian Air Defense Forces were operating in the Kirovohrad region.
Later it became known that the Russians had damaged a substation in Kryvyi Rih.
The Russian occupiers also attacked an infrastructure facility in the Kirovohrad region with drones. A fire broke out there.
In total, Russian terrorists attacked the territory of Ukraine with 24 Shahed-type kamikaze drones from several directions. Ukrainian Air Defense Forces destroyed 11 drones.
