Since the beginning of the war, Russian missiles and drones have hit 11,879 targets, of which the majority were civilian – 6,203, the rest military – 5,676.
In the period from February 24, 2022 in Ukraine, Russian missiles and drones hit 11,879 objects, of which the majority were civilian – 6,203, the rest military – 5,676 This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky during his report to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Defense Express reports.
According to Syrsky, the Russians used 9,590 missiles and 13,997 drones to strike Ukraine, of which 2,429 missiles and 5,972 drones were intercepted.
The effectiveness of intercepting cruise missiles of the type CaliberX-555/101 and R-500 in OTRK Iskander reached 67%. Guided missiles Kh-59, Kh-35, Kh-31 and other similar ones – 22%. The difference in interception of these two similar types of targets is explained by the fact that guided missiles are often launched by the enemy at front-line or border facilities, where there is no possibility to echelon the air defense system.
As for the drones, the Shahed-136 is combined with the statistics on Lancetsthe total number for this group is 13,315 units issued and 8,836 units blocked – 63%.
Syrsky also said that the ballistic missiles for the OTRK Iskander, Tochka-U and KN-23 produced by the DPRK, a total of 1,388 units were used by the enemy, of which only 4.5% were intercepted. To these must be added the anti-aircraft missiles from the S-300 and S-400 air defense systems. 3,008 units were issued, and only 0.63% were intercepted. The enemy hit 4,293 targets with these missiles, of which 3,196 were civilian and 1,097 military.
Among the enemy missiles that require a modern interception system are the Kh-22 and Kh-32, which are used with the Tu-22M3. A total of 362 of them were launched and 2 were shot down, that is, 0.55%. High speed Onyx the enemy used 211, of which 12 were intercepted – 5.7%.
Kh-47M2 missiles dagger The Russian Federation used it 111 times, of which 28 were intercepted, that is, 25%. These missiles are primarily aimed at civilian infrastructure; Definitely hypersonic Zircon was only used 6 times, intercepted 2 times, hit civilian targets 4 times.
Let’s remember that Syrsky said that the Russian troops spent 400.63 thousand artillery shells in the period from August 6 to 14, or, on average, 44.5 thousand per day, which is three times more than what the Ukrainian Armed Forces spend.
Source: korrespondent
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