It’s the big question that has Russian military commanders scratching their heads: What’s made Ukraine’s air defenses so impenetrable all of a sudden?
This month alone, Russia has launched eight waves of missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital, the latest of them a bombardment in the early hours of Tuesday that involved at least 18 missiles of various types and a swarm of drones. Yet Kyiv claims to have escaped with barely a scratch, denying any of the missiles or drones hit their targets.
Those systems have had about an 80% success rate hitting Russian cruise missiles, the CSIS report says. War of attrition But Kyiv is fast running out of ammunition for its Soviet-era systems, according to the leaked US documents and the CSIS report. “With a limited number of missiles remaining, Ukrainians will need to hold them for the highest priority targets – Russian aircraft or missiles heading for the most sensitive targets,” the CSIS report says.
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