"Star" blow to air defense: expert explained why the last missile attack in Kiev was difficult

The routes of rockets were laid in such a way that they flew into different areas, then diverged, and then flew to the capital at the same time from different sides. This was very complicated by the work of Ukrainian air defense. On March 21, during a large -scale missile attack on Kiev, the air defense forces had a very difficult one, as rockets went to the Ukrainian capital at the same time from different sides.

This was said in the comment "Espresso" Lieutenant General Igor Romanenko, founder of the charity fund "Close the Sky of Ukraine", Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (2006-2010). According to him, the Russian Federation is constantly looking for ways to increase its efficiency in the task of air strikes in Ukraine.

"Today, March 21, in the morning attack there was a fairly large-scale use of both winged rockets and ballistic for the task of impact in the first place in separate point places of the capital, which can be military, military and political objects, as well as critical objects infrastructure. Some blows did not blast the battle part and fell on the ground, and some were not blown out at all, they were taken out for further destruction.

This large -scale air strike was prepared with the use Winged rockets, "the general explained. He noted that such a blow experts of air and missile defense are called "star", since air remedies come to the object of damage almost simultaneously on all sides. This is achieved by the fact that rocket routes are laid in such a way that they fly into different areas, then diverge, and then at the same time fly to the capital from different sides.

"It is very difficult for ours to work at this time, given that goals for destruction appear at the same time. In addition, some of these goals are lifted so that the air defense tools spend missiles on the target. It is difficult to reflect it. The effectiveness of the air defense and the high enough in such conditions, everything has been shot, but the fragments are still harmful, "-said Igor Romanenko.

He stressed that Russia has not achieved its goal through the professional actions of the Ukrainian air defense and about. On the night of March 21, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked Kyiv with 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles/"dagger" and 29 winged missiles. Air alarm in Kiev lasted almost 3 hours. During this time, the Russians used at least 30 rockets. Three metropolitan areas were injured from the terror of the Armed Forces: Shevchenkivsky, Svyatoshinsky and Podilsky.