On October 10, Ukraine was hit by a massive rocket attack from the Russian army. As a result of powerful strikes, civilians and critical infrastructure facilities were injured.
The Russians fired 83 missiles at our country. This is the maximum they are capable of. This Channel 24 was told by a military expert, instructor pilot and reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Roman Svitan.
At least they've already deflated twice. On October 10, they showed the maximum that they are capable of at the moment.
Stocks are significantly reduced
It is noteworthy that on October 10, the invaders used half as many missiles as on February 24, when they launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This indicates that the invaders at least chose a certain number of missiles.
“The Russians are already attracting untapped stocks for certain positions, especially high-precision missiles. They are starting to use missiles that they should not use,” said the reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
For example, the range of the Kh-101 missile is 5,000 km. Russia uses it for 1000 kilometers against Ukraine. Yes, they are starting to use very expensive missiles that might be needed for larger missions. Of course, Svitan notes, they still have stocks – about 1,000 S-300 missiles, hundreds of Kh-22 missiles. Kh-55, “Iskander” and “Caliber” they have much less.
“We understand that their stocks are decreasing – not only because they are being fed into our territories, but because our air defense is successfully shooting them down,” Svitan emphasized. The fewer of them, the more we shoot down: on October 10, half of the missiles were shot down, and yesterday – two-thirds.
The tendency to reduce missiles is obvious. The Russians are blown away even in the performance of tasks by the systems of the military space forces. I think that in the near future there will not be the same wave as the one we saw. Most likely, this is all they are capable of, he is convinced.
Tracking our air defense is impossible
It is believed that the Russians launched single missiles on October 11 to track our air defense system. The military expert emphasizes that this is unlikely.
Tracking our air defense is impossible, because it is mobile. Its location changes almost after each launch. The system itself is so arranged, that's why it has been working for us for the last six months. Predicting where the installations will be in the next moment is unrealistic, Svitan explained.
The instructor pilot noted that on October 10 a multi-layered attack was carried out using different types of weapons. She required a lot of preparation. Yes, the Russians can repeat the next similar attack not earlier than in a week or two. However, most likely, it will no longer be so powerful.
