On October 10, Russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine. The military infrastructure suffered the least from enemy shelling.
The main targets of the enemy were civilian facilities, primarily energy infrastructure. Andrei Yusov, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, spoke about this on the air of the National Unified Marathon.
“Intelligence provided early warning”
Ac According to him, despite the intensity of rocket attacks on October 10, the whole world saw the effective work of Ukrainian air defense systems.
Despite the fact that Ukrainian air defense is still based on Soviet weapons, more than 60% of enemy air targets were hit. Intelligence provided early warning, air defense worked effectively,โ Yusov emphasized.
The representative of the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate added that the police officers, the State Emergency Service and other services that were quickly involved in eliminating the consequences of defeats also worked very well.
“Ukraine survived”
As Yusov noted, Russia's massive missile attack did not achieve its goal.
Ukraine survived, Ukraine is not paralyzed and continues to liberate its territories. And the whole world is once again convinced that Russia is a terrorist state, – said the representative of the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
- On October 10, Russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine. The Russians fired 84 missiles at Ukrainian cities. 43 of them were neutralized by air defense.
- Depending on the missiles used to fire the mass attack on October 10, Russia cost between $400 million and $700 million.
- According to the Main Directorate intelligence of the Ministry of Defense, part of the Russian military refused to comply with the order for a massive missile attack on Ukraine. Soldiers from Russia contacted Ukraine and warned of the threat.
- According to the representative of the National Police of Ukraine Maryana Reva, hits were recorded in Kyiv and in 14 other regions of Ukraine on October 10.
- A massive missile attack by Russian terrorists on October 10 claimed the lives of more than 20 people. Dozens of people were injured.
- As Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, noted, with their attack on October 10, the Russians tried to “bring Ukraine to its knees”, to destroy as many social facilities as possible and as many civilian citizens of Ukraine as possible.< /li>