Ukrainian air defense (air defense) most fears the Russian X-22 cruise missile, as it has great difficulty destroying it on approach. The American military magazine Military Watch Magazine writes about this.
“Ukraine has not managed to shoot down a single X-22 missile since the beginning of the conflict. The article stated that Russia fired a total of approximately 300 Kh-22 and Kh-32 missiles at targets in the country.
It is stated that the Russian Federation has had a large stockpile of such shells since the times of the USSR. MWM adds that although the missile first entered service in 1962, there are very few analogues of the X-22 in the world.
The author of the article also pointed out that the air defense ammunition reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are exhausted and Western countries cannot compensate for this deficiency.
Before that, the Ukrainians could not shoot down even a single X-22, stated Spokesperson of the Air Force (AF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Yuriy Ignat. He also stated that he did not know how to answer the question “what can be expected next” since Russia’s strategic offensives are not tied to any specific date or event.
Previously recognized About the inability of Ukrainian air defense systems to hit Russian bombers.