By Eliza Popova
On April 6, Colonel Yuri Ignat, Head of Communications Department of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, announced this. "In the course of the war, the enemy modernizes the means of air attack (UAV, winged and ballistic missiles), which, in turn, complicates the work of our air defense, including Western systems," he wrote on Facebook.
Since Ukraine, Patrioot SAM has become possible to knock down even hypersonic goals, but in the face of continuous improvement of missiles, this is becoming more difficult. Meanwhile, the colonel stressed that this complicates the task of covering the Ukrainian sky, but does not make them impossible. According to Ignati, Russia has changed the structure of rocket strokes since the beginning of 2024, having a bet on balconies.
Previously, the main threat was the winged missiles, now more and more often the launches of ballistic complexes, in particular "Iskander-M" and "dagger", with signs of modernization, are increasingly recorded. In turn, Western systems remain highly effective, but they also face restrictions.
"Patriot SCR is a unique system capable of operating for aerodynamic purposes within a radius of up to 150 km, and on ballistic missiles - but only within a few tens of kilometers! It is impossible to protect larger territories from" ballistics ", given that Patriot we have not so much," - said the representative. We will remind, on April 4 the armed forces of the Russian Federation struck a rocket strike on Kryvyi Rih, which resulted in 20 people, including 9 children.
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