The Ukrainian air defense forces take a clash with Russian rockets and UAVs almost every night - AP

According to journalists, Russia wants to deplete Ukraine's air defense resources in such a way to gain preference in the air and not be afraid to use fighters and bombers more openly. The Ukrainian air defense forces are almost forced to knock Russian missiles and drones-Kamikadze. However, compared to the first days of a full -scale war, Ukraine's air protection has become much stronger. About it writes the publication Associated Press.

"With the help of Western weapons and growing experience, Ukrainian air defense tools have achieved great success in the last 14 months, saving infrastructure and human lives and preventing Russia from achieving the preference in the air, which is an important step because Ukrainians are preparing for a counter -offensive," the material reads.

As the commander of the Brigade of the Center "Center" Colonel with the call sign "Granite" told reporters, in the first days of the war, the barracks suffered great losses. Yes, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at barracks and team points 20 rockets. Currently, the team has to act using mobile groups. They use the tactics "Shoot and run". According to granite, now the Ukrainian air defense is beating about 90% of the goals that Russian invaders are releasing to Ukraine.

"Kiev is protected," he said. It is reported that the two key weapons used by Ukraine were the Soviet Systems of Large Darling C300 and Medium Buk. However, the Armed Forces are also armed with Western systems such as Iris-T and NASAMS. In addition, the Allies also put SAMP/T of European production and Hawk rockets of American production, and last month added two Patriot SAC batteries.

The publication writes that some analysts suggest that Russia wants to deplete Ukraine's air defense resources in such a way to gain preference in the air and not be afraid to use fighters and bombers more openly. A soldier with a call sign "Beetle", who knocked the Russian helicopter over Kiev on the first day of the war, said that success gave him a confidence on which he was still holding on. "I realized that this is not the end that we can fight," he said.

According to him, Russian troops are not as scary as it seemed before. Recall that the Armed Forces commander told who was the first to escape from the battlefield in Bakhmut. According to the Ukrainian defender, the Russian military from regular troops bravely fought in the melee. The APU took more than two hours to take them in the environment and make them surrender. It was also reported that the Armed Forces Major evaluated the actions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut.