Russia will escalate its ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine - aviation expert

He told about this on Espreso TV

“I have repeatedly said that the Russians will increase the attacks on the territory of Ukraine with ballistic missiles. They will be focusing on these missiles. They are well aware that we lack air defense systems that can shoot down ballistic missiles. That is why they are now reducing the use of cruise missiles and increasing the number of ballistic missile attacks. Often, the downing rate of cruise missiles and attack UAVs can reach 100%, sometimes 80%. However, to destroy ballistic missiles, we need anti-ballistic missile systems,” Romanenko explained.

According to the expert, Ukraine has only 5 air defense systems capable of shooting down ballistic missiles.

“We need more air defense systems that can destroy ballistic missiles with a direct hit. That is, when an air defense missile shoots down a ballistic missile almost at the final flight path. Such an air defense system does not just intercept the ballistic missile, but triggers its explosion in the air. Otherwise, there is no point in shooting it down. Ukraine has only 5 such systems. In particular, four American Patriot and SAMP-T systems,” he added.

• On Tuesday, September 3, the Russian occupation army struck an educational institution in Poltava with two ballistic missiles. The attack killed 53 people and injured 298.
• Valerii Riabykh, Development Director of Defense Express, a media and consulting company, said that the Russian forces could have struck Poltava with Iskander-M ballistic missiles, which can reach the target in minutes.