The aggressor country Russia has recently become more likely to attack Kyiv from the air.
However, Russian missile and drone attacks reduced their ability to contain the expected counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The occupiers attacked Ukraine with cruise missiles and Iranian-made drones on the night of May 28-29, as well as in the afternoon of May 29. At that time, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the enemy had launched 40 X-101/X-555 aircraft cruise missiles and 38 Shahed-131/136 UAVs on the night of May 28-29. On the afternoon of May 29, the enemy fired 11 Iskander-M/K missiles. This is stated in a new report by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The Ukrainian command reported on the interception of all 11 Iskander missiles, 40 cruise missiles and Shahed UAVs aimed at Kyiv and the Kyiv region. Air defense also shot down enemy missiles and drones near Lviv, Nikolaev and Odessa, but Russian missiles hit the port infrastructure of Odessa and a military infrastructure facility in the Khmelnytsky region.
ISW analysts believe that Russia is wasting missiles in an attempt to “delay” the start of the UAF counteroffensive. But Russia’s prioritization of attacks on Kyiv likely further limits the campaign’s ability to substantially deter potential Ukrainian counteroffensives.
Recall that on the night of May 30, an air attack on Kyiv was already the 17th since the beginning of May, and was carried out exclusively by strike drones of the Shahed type. As a result of the fall of the UAV fragments, there are destructions, fires, as well as victims and victims in different parts of the city.
Source: Racurs
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