As Russia’s offensive intensifies and Western military aid is delayed, hole in air defense While the repercussions of delayed military aid from the US and the West continue, analysis suggests that Ukraine’s interception rate of Russian missiles has dropped significantly.
The American daily Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 12th (local time) that only 46% of Russian missiles were aimed at major cities in Ukraine over the past as a result of its own analysis of data from Regulation Ukrainian Air Force. six months were intercepted.
This figure is 27 percentage points lower than the average interception rate over the previous six months (73%).
The WSJ even reported that Ukraine’s interception rate of Russian missiles, which was 83% in May last year, dropped to 30% last month.
As the number of suicide missiles and drones launched by the Russian military increases, the main cause is that the Ukrainian military’s anti-aircraft missiles are in danger of being depleted.
According to WSJ, the number of suicide missiles and drones launched by the Russian military towards Ukraine in the last six months increased by 45% compared to the previous six months.
During this period, 114 ballistic missiles and 33 and 27 Kinzal and Zircon hypersonic missiles were deployed, respectively.
The S-300 and S-400 surface-to-air missiles were also diverted for ground attacks and used in missions to hit major facilities in Ukraine.
The number of Iranian Shahed suicide drones flown by the Russian military was 2,628, double the number used in the previous six months.
The Ukrainian military shot down 82% of Shahed drones, which were relatively easy to intercept, but only intercepted 10% of ballistic missiles.
The WSJ reported that no missiles fired by the S-300 and S-400 have been intercepted at all this year.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force said stockpiles of anti-aircraft missiles had been depleted in efforts to prevent further attacks, and that some large-scale attacks were being carried out beyond what existing air defenses could handle .
The Ukrainian military has Patriot air defense batteries that can reliably intercept Russian ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles, but many of them are so small that they can be counted on one hand.
Nevertheless, it is known that due to the long delay in processing Ukraine’s aid budget in the US House of Representatives until recently, it is necessary to conserve ammunition by protecting only key facilities.
On the other hand, the Russian military produces 170 missiles every month, and it also imports missiles and drones from Iran and North Korea, a Ukrainian government official said.
An unnamed European military intelligence official said, “It will take about two months for the United States and Europe, which have resumed military aid, to deliver a sufficient number of anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, and the key will be how Ukraine is still good. out until then.”
“The lower the threat that Ukraine’s defense forces pose to Russian air power, the greater the threat that Ukraine’s ground forces and critical infrastructure will face,” said Douglas Barry, a military expert at the mill. discuss British Institute for International Strategic Studies (IISS) .
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