Moscow-appointed head of the Zaporizhzhia region, Yevgeniy Balitsky, has said Russia’s air defence is having ‘a hard time’ dealing with the British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles.
’s air defence is having ‘a hard time’ dealing with the British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles, a politician has admitted.as the country prepared for its highly-anticipated counteroffensive.
Yevgeniy Balitsky, Moscow-appointed head of the occupied Zaporizhzhia region, has now said the weapons have been causing ‘trouble’ for his military.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that‘We have somehow learned how to shoot down [US-supplied] HIMARS. But the [British-supplied] Shadow ones are even harder. They arrive, and have a bigger radius.‘It shoots them down, but there is only a 50% chance of the missiles being shot down.
Arabat Spit near Henichesk was shelled with Storm Shadow missiles according to Kremlin-installed head of Kherson region Vladimir Saldo Other senior Russian officers are also believed to have died in the same assault. Mr Balitsky added: ‘Out of four, three have recently reached us. Sometimes two make it. The missile is modern, although it is not the newest, but it is fast enough, and it flies properly.
‘I mean, at different speeds, at varying altitudes, changing modes, so it is not easy to shoot down.’
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