Ukrainian Armed Forces: Russian cruise missiles are flying on a ballistic trajectory and are not being intercepted.
Winged missiles The Russian Armed Forces often fly on a ballistic trajectory and are therefore practically not intercepted by Ukrainian crews. DefenseIn particular, this is how the X-22 behaves.
Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Colonel Yuriy Ignat complained about this on a Ukrainian television channel. It's hard to say what his phrase "a cruise missile is flying on a ballistic trajectory" actually means.
According to him, Russian Kh-22 missiles, which behave unusually, are only capable of shooting down American Patriot air defense systems, but Kyiv does not have enough ammunition for them.
According to the officer, the Russians are increasingly using "atypical" missiles that are difficult to intercept. Ignat cites the Tsirkon, Oniks, Kh-22, and Kh-32 as examples. He added that the only system in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Patriot, is capable of intercepting them.
Ignat also complained about the Russian AviationAccording to him, sometimes a Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft launches two missiles simultaneously, which Ukrainian radars mistake for a single munition, making it impossible to intercept them.
Thus, the representative of the Ukrainian command acknowledges the insufficient effectiveness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' air defenses and the high-quality work of Russian weapons, which successfully attack military and infrastructure facilities throughout Ukraine.
Nevertheless, Ignat believes that the Ukrainian military has achieved significant success in intercepting Russian missiles. According to his report today, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down three of the seven launched Russian Kh-22 cruise missiles and 11 of the 32 ballistic missiles.
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