Before the massive missile attack on February 10, the Russians attacked Ukraine with drones at night. Thus, they are trying to detect the positions of the Ukrainian air defense.
About this broadcastChannel 24Yury Ignat, spokesman for the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. OK Yug stated that the attack by drones at night was a rehearsal for a massive missile attack.
Occupiers monitor air defense deployment
According to Ignat, February 9 At 10:30 p.m., Russians launched drones into Ukraine from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov, most of which were shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, the enemy fired several missiles.
Several missiles were also launched to see our reaction, where we have air defense systems, how we can adjust the route of the main strike, – said the representative of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Yury Ignat said that the invaders use for their purpose all means. In particular, a radar detection aircraft that monitors air targets that are in the sky.
“It flies when there are no air battles on the territory of Ukraine. The aircraft more closely tracks air targets that are in Ukraine in real time. Any information is valuable for the enemy,” he said.
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Russians use shahids less
The speaker of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine drew attention to the fact that the occupiers use Iranian Shahed drones less often. Ignat suggested that either the enemy did not have many of them, or they had saved them for other purposes.
“Perhaps they simply don’t have them corny. Either they saved them for other measures, or they have a limited number and will use them as they are today. It can also be assumed that they released a certain amount in order to detect somewhere, draw conclusions, correct the route ” , he added.
Russian attack on critical facilities on February 10
- During the morning massive attack, the invaders hit critical Ukraine's infrastructure facilities According to Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko, the invaders hit thermal and hydroelectric facilities, as well as high-voltage infrastructure in six regions.
- In many regions, forced emergency power outages began. The most difficult situation is now in the Zaporozhye, Kharkiv and Khmelnytsky regions.
- Thanks to the successful work of the air defense and premature technical measures, Ukraine was able to maintain the integrity of the energy system. Power engineers have begun to eliminate the consequences of the enemy attack and are continuously working to restore power supply in the homes of Ukrainians.
