Russia lacks effective defense against ballistic missiles — military analyst

Military analyst and founder of the NGO Reactive Mail Pavlo Narozhnyi stated this on Espreso TV.

"The Russians have several air defense systems capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. Specifically, the S-300, S-350, S-400, and S-500. Of all these systems, only the S-400 and S-500 are currently capable of countering ballistic missiles, since the S-300 was developed quite a long time ago. Before the war, Russia had over 50 S-400 air defense complexes, but as of today, Ukraine's Defense Forces have destroyed at least 25 of them. Moreover, most of these complexes are located in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. However, our primary targets are located on Russian territory itself, and the Russians are unlikely to relocate such complexes from the temporarily occupied territories to the Russian Federation territory. Therefore, they truly lack effective countermeasures against ballistic missiles," Narozhnyi explained.

The analyst emphasized that with the increase in ballistic missile attacks, Russians will have to urgently seek systems to protect their own facilities.

"Ukraine is searching worldwide to obtain at least a few Patriot systems. We're standing in line and waiting for additional Patriot systems. The Russians will face an absolutely identical situation. They have over 25 complexes capable of shooting down ballistic missiles, but they would need at least 150-200 units to cover their entire territory," he concluded.

• On January 11, the Daily Mail reported that Great Britain plans to manufacture and transfer Nightfall ballistic missiles to Ukraine, equipped with a 200 kg warhead and capable of reaching Moscow.