In Russia, after the resumption of strikes on Ukraine with cruise missiles from strategic aviation, they began to complain that they could not overload the Ukrainian air defense.
Such messages in the Russian information space after the shelling on December 8 were tracked by analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
What they wrote in the Russian Federation after the attack on Ukraine on December 8
So, ISW experts came across complaints from one of the Russian bloggers.
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He, in particular, stated that the Russian troops used Kh-55 decoy cruise missiles, very reminiscent of a modernized version of the Kh-101 missile, to confuse the Ukrainian air defense during the attack on December 8. 62~
But, the blogger complains, it is “almost impossible for Russian troops” launch enough Kh-55 decoy missiles to overload Ukrainian air defenses due to the limited number of Russian Tu-95 and T-160 bombers.
How the Russian Federation prepared for the attack on December 8
To strike Ukraine on December 8, the Russians, in addition to using decoy missiles, intensively engaged in aerial reconnaissance.
According to Ukrainian military observer Konstantin Mashovets, before the missile attack on December 8, Russian troops made seven reconnaissance flights, while in the previous days there were only one or two.
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War suggest that the Russians are trying at all costs to resist Ukrainian air defense before the upcoming attacks on Ukraine in the winter of 2023-2024.
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Details of the attack on Ukraine on December 8
About 06:00 December 8 Russians fired 19 X-101/X cruise missiles from seven Tu-95MS strategic bombers in the Saratov region of the Russian Federation -555.
One group of enemy missiles was heading towards infrastructure facilities in the Dnepropetrovsk region. Another group, having reached the Dnieper, changed the direction of movement towards Kyiv.
In the end, the air defense destroyed 14 of the 19 missiles.
Before this, the occupiers dropped 36 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic aircraft September 21.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for the 655th day.
The situation in cities can be monitored on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the map of air raids in Ukraine.
