Journalists calculated how much the massive attack on 29 December cost Russia
Today's massive Russian attack on Ukraine cost the enemy at least $1.27 billion.
This is according to calculations by European Pravda based on data from the Air Force Command.
During the night and morning of 29 December, the enemy fired 36 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs and more than 100 missiles of various types at Ukraine:
- at least 90 X-101/X-555/X-55 air-launched cruise missiles;
- 8 X-22/X-32 cruise missiles;
- 14 S-300/S-400/Iskander-M ballistic missiles;
- 5 Kh-47M2 Dagger aeroballistic missiles;
- 4 Kh-31P anti-radar missiles;
- 1 Kh-59 missile.
According to journalists, the Kh-47 Kinzhal hypersonic missile probably costs $10 million or more. That is, 5 launches cost the enemy $50 million.
From $20,000 to $50,000 per unit cost Iranian Shahed-136/131, then 36 such attack drones cost $720,000.
The Kh-101 and Kh-22 missiles are valued at $13m and $1m respectively, while the Iskander-M could cost $3m. The missiles of these types have been used for the sums of:
- $1.17bn. - Х-101;
- $8m. - Х-22;
- $42 million. - Iskander-M;
Kh-31P and Kh-59 missiles are estimated at $0.5 million each. That is, the enemy fired them for $2.5 million.
In total, the missiles and drones fired at Ukraine during the night and morning of 29 December cost Russia 1bn 273m 220,000 dollars," the journalists summed up.