Russia has missiles left for 3 to 4 attacks at most - Danilov

Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, shared the information in an interview with one of the Ukrainian outlets.

"If we count the major attacks that have already taken place, then Russia has missiles for 2 or 3, maybe 4 four attacks left. But then they will be completely out of stock, which is unacceptable because they may face completely different challenges and they must have at least some reserve. Russia has already passed beyond the limit, that according to the standards they should not exceed, and quite a long time ago, actually," Danilov said.

The NSDC Secretary said that the enemy is now launching S-300 missiles at Ukrainian cities as they have more or less enough of these missiles.

"A problem is that they are negotiating with Iran on supplies. And this is a challenge for us. Our President, people who deal with international contracts, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs are doing everything possible to prevent this from happening. But we cannot guarantee that this will not happen. But if the Russian Federation is already asking for missiles from this country, then it means that they do not have internal production capabilities," the Secretary stressed.

Danilov added that Russia produces its own missiles, but the number that they have had at the beginning of the war and the one they have now are not comparable.

The enemy also uses Shahed drones, but the Armed Forces have learned to fight them.

"Unless there is some force majeure, [most of them are shot down]. Recently there was a case when we shot down 100% of the missiles Russia had launched."

During the air raid alert on December 16, an air defense operation was reported in a number of regions. In Kharkiv, Russian forces struck critical infrastructure 3 times. 

On the morning of December 16, during massive missile attacks on Ukraine, Russian missiles hit Kryvyi Rih. A shell hit a residential building, people were found under the rubble.

Also, during Russia’s massive missile attack on Ukraine, about 12 enemy missiles were recorded in Zaporizhzhia.  

On December 17, Ukrainian defenders hit 8 Russian personnel concentrations and 2 control points. The General Staff also confirmed the destruction of Russian ammunition warehouses in Zaporizhzhia on December 16.