What is the state of the Ukrainian air defence system
Last autumn and winter, the enemy fired 850 missiles and 850 kamikaze drones into Ukraine.
The statement was made by Yuriy Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in a TV marathon on 28 April.
According to him, the reserve of Ukraine's air defence system is "depleted" due to having to constantly repel Russian missile and drone attacks. But at the same time, Western allies continue to support Ukraine.
According to Ignat, another Western air defence system is on its way to Ukraine and will soon be on combat duty in Ukraine. We are talking about the SAMP-T installation.
According to data, over the autumn-winter period, when the enemy attacked the infrastructure, it fired 850 missiles and 850 kamikaze drones. That's 1,700 targets fired and about 1,500 of them shot down. It took missiles - and the missiles are mostly still Soviet-made. Buk-M1 and S-300 missiles.
Ignat stressed that the Ukrainian air defence continues to fight and is being strengthened with modern Western models.
Artur Zayonts specialises in news from the frontline. A historian by education, Arthur has always sought to bring depth and context to his journalistic work.
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