Why fewer Russian missiles were shot down during the latest strike: An expert explains
Snehiryov says the occupiers have changed their tactics and strategy for launching missile strikes.
Missile strike
Military expert Dmytro Snehiryov explained why fewer Russian missiles and drones were shot down during the night of April 6.
This was reported by Espreso.
He noted that the strikes had a combined character:
- first, a large number of drones are launched, which effectively overload Ukrainian air defense,
- up to 30% of them are so-called decoy UAVs, intended to completely drain air defense resources,
- then the enemy strikes directly with aeroballistic weapons such as "Iskander-M", etc.
Snehiryov also says the occupiers have changed their tactics and strike strategy.
"At the moment, they are concentrating strikes on all regional centers of Ukraine without exception. And accordingly, the Ukrainian side understands very well that aeroballistic targets can only be shot down with SAMP-T and Patriot air defense systems, which Ukraine has very few of. And we are faced with the question: either to protect infrastructure facilities — meaning port infrastructure, gas and oil extraction sites, industrial facilities — or to spread them across each regional center," he said.
The Russians are taking advantage of this fact. And the expert sees no other solution except increasing the number of air defense systems. But in this matter, Ukraine is completely dependent on its allies.