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New challenge for Ukraine's air defense: military expert Zgurets on Russia's morning attack

Alona Myshakova
26 August, 2024 Monday
10:15

Defense Express CEO Serhiy Zgurets has noted that Russia’s targets include both military facilities, such as airfields near the capital, and energy facilities across the country

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He spoke about this on Espreso TV.

“We expected this attack to happen. Experts had anticipated it. The Air Force Command knew that the Russians would likely attempt this attack after a long pause, given the accumulation of a significant number of cruise missiles. So far, the situation resembles previous complex and powerful attacks by the Russian Federation, where various means of attack are used. This includes Shahed drones, Tu-95 strategic bombers carrying Kh-22 missiles, and Tu-22M3 bombers with Kh-101 missiles,” commented Zgurets.

According to him, the Kh-22 missiles look the most dangerous, as their down-rate is not lower than that of other types of missiles.

“And, in fact, ballistics. Now we see the Russians’ desire to use their entire accumulated arsenal. This poses another challenge for the Ukrainian air defense system, which, of course, has been preparing for this. The attack is still ongoing. I would add that these Russian Tu-95 bombers that took off from Engels air base were nearly targeted by our drones, as on the night of August 26, our drones attacked enemy airfields. Targeting Russian airfields is a crucial part of deterring enemy attacks using strategic carriers. We hope our air defense system will perform as efficiently as possible,” the military expert said.

Zgurets added that Russia's targets remain partially military facilities, including airfields near the capital, and once again, energy facilities.

  • Earlier this week, the U.S. stated it has intelligence on Russia's growing efforts to undertake night and day attacks using drones and missiles across Ukraine.

  • On August 25, Ukrainian National Guard Reserve Major Oleksii Hetman said that Russia may launch a massive attack on Ukraine in the coming days.

  • Explosions were heard across regions in Ukraine as Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on August 26.



 
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