A widespread shortage of critical air defense missiles in Ukraine is holding back Kyiv’s ability to defend critical infrastructure from Russian strikes.
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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes about this.
DTEK executive director Dmitry Sakharuk told the Kyiv Post that for every interceptor missile that Ukraine has to protect against Russian attacks on the energy system, Russia has five or six missiles to launch against Ukraine.
Sakharuk noted that if Russia launches 10 missiles from any target in Ukraine, Ukrainian forces would have to respond with at least 12 missiles to adequately defend against that attack.
He stressed that the sharp difference in the required and actual ratio of Ukrainian air defense to attacking Russian missiles means that the lack of interceptor missiles makes it impossible to cover power systems that Ukraine has repaired or is repairing.
Russian strikes on the Ukrainian power grid have already severely limited Ukraine’s energy capacity, and Russian forces have been able to exploit Kyiv’s lack of air defenses to maximize damage to Ukraine’s power grid through 2024, ISW writes.
Source: Racurs
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