Patriot air defense systems operating in Ukraine have already shot down 15 Russian Kinzhal missiles. The speaker of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuriy Ignat, spoke about this.
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Aerobalistic missiles “Dagger” are launched from MiG-31K fighters and cover hundreds of kilometers in a matter of seconds.
On May 4, the first “unparalleled” Kinzhal X-47, an M2 missile, was shot down. Thus, the countdown started from this time. Then there were six more, six more, and now there are already 15 Daggers,” the Air Force speaker said on December 31 during a telethon.
Ignat also said that Russia has fired more than 7,500 missiles at Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion.
These are all types – aircraft missiles, S-300 anti-aircraft missiles, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles – so many have been launched,” Ignat said.
He noted that it is impossible to shoot down all enemy missiles:
We started shooting down the “Petriot” only in May, and then in the area where it was available. We must understand that we only shoot down cruise missiles or X-59s.
The Novinarnya website noted that Ignat spoke about the same 15 downed Kinzhals in an interview at the end of November.
That is, it turns out that since then not a single “Dagger” has been shot down, the publication writes.
Source: Racurs
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