Ukraine awaits weapons from allies that can shoot down ballistic missiles

Yuriy Ignat, spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said during a briefing:

Ballistic missiles fly out of space, from the stratosphere, but they are fired from ground-based systems. And Ukraine has no effective means against such missiles. So now we will expect from our partners exactly the means that will help us to get the enemy. We are talking about long-range weaponry that could help us defend against ballistic missiles, against the terror that Russia has set up against our people

His statement came in the context of the fact that Russia might get ballistic missiles from Iran. If it gets them, it will probably try to use them against energy infrastructure.

Ignat also said that when ballistic missiles approach the "kill point", they "drop" on the target from a high altitude at an angle of almost 90 degrees, gaining high speed - making them difficult to shoot down.