Ukrainian Air Force explains how long Russia might need to launch another air attack
Colonel Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, has noted that Russia might theoretically need several days to prepare a new missile attack.
Source: Ihnat in a comment to Kyiv24 TV Channel
Quote: "I think a couple of days are enough to do the preparation, to plan, in case they have certain patterns. Each missile is programmed, and its route is set: where to turn right and left, where to ascend and where and when to strike. The relevant specialists program all this stuff....
The question is with the missiles: how many can they afford to launch the next, the following, and the subsequent time. And whether they can replenish this stock."
Details: Ihnat said Ukraine’s Air Force could not comment on the specific date or frequency of Russian strikes.
The officer noted that the Russians had long ago moved into an untouchable stockpile of missiles and are now continuing to do so.
Background:
- On 2 January, Russia launched 99 missiles of various types towards Ukraine, 72 of which were destroyed. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, noted that the Russians attacked civilian and critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities. They mainly targeted the Ukrainian capital.This is the second large-scale attack on Ukraine and the capital in particular in the last 5 days.
- On the night and morning of 29 December, Russia carried out its largest airstrike against Ukraine. It targeted Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia and other cities.
- On the second day after the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 39 people had been killed. Later, the death toll increased.Twenty-eight people were killed in Kyiv alone.
- Back then, the Russians launched 158 air targets to attack Ukraine, including drones and missiles of various types. Ukrainian air defence managed to destroy 114 of them. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia used almost all types of weapons at its disposal
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