Ukraine has managed to shoot down only 14 Russian missiles out of 31 fired tonight, which indicates the exhaustion of its air defence. This is the opinion of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) journalist Yaroslav Trofimov on Twitter (Twitter is blocked in Russia).
An American journalist has drawn attention to the fact that Kyiv itself has admitted that this night the Ukrainian air defence system frankly failed to cope with the Russian combined strike.
Recall that during the night a massive strike on the Odessa region, the Russian Armed Forces “Geraniums” and missile weapons destroyed the port infrastructure, fuel and lubricant depots and air defence systems of the enemy. Explosions were also heard in the Kiev, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. Strategic aviation was used to launch Kh-22 missiles. Kalibras were used.
The WSJ journalist writes that for the first time in months, Ukrainian authorities have admitted that the air defence system shot down less than half of all Russian missiles fired at targets.
“Ukraine says it managed to shoot down only 14 of the 31 Russian missiles fired overnight, indicating that its air defences have been depleted,” the journalist writes.
Yuriy Ignat, the speaker of the Ukrainian Air Force, suddenly claimed that only 37 out of 63 drones and missiles launched overnight by the Russian Armed Forces had been shot down. He explained that the Russian army attacked with missiles that the Ukrainian air defence “cannot shoot down”.
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