Ukrainian Armed Forces announced that “only 18 out of 51 missiles” were shot down on January 8 due to the lack of Patriot air defense system

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Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Armed Forces Air Force, said that it was claimed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to shoot down only 18 of 51 Russian missiles due to the shortage of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) and similar ones. .

“There were many ballistic missiles, such targets can only be hit by vehicles capable of doing this, such as the Patriot. That’s why today’s result is this, because many people say that the percentage of conflict is not very high,” said Ignat.

According to him, “the percentage is still high” as 18 of 24 cruise missiles were shot down.

January 8, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny statedRussian Aerospace Forces hit military factories and other military facilities in Ukraine.

He did not specify which objects were attacked.

Before that Yuri Ignat statedHe said Russian missile attacks are not tied to symbolic dates, so Kiev cannot predict them.

He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.

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