The apocalypse of Russian air defense systems – Svitan assessed their capabilities

The apocalypse of Russian air defense systems – Svitan assessed their capabilities Dzvenislava Moshovskaya

The defense forces are successfully working, neutralizing enemy air defense systems and oil refineries on Russian territory. Our military successfully uses drones and missiles to attack enemy targets.

Military expert, instructor pilot and colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in reserve Roman Svitan told 24 Channel that Russia has had serious problems with the quality of air defense since the times of the USSR. Their territory is too large, so it is very difficult to install air defense everywhere.

Russia's problems due to lack of air defense

According to Roman Svitan, in order to provide the entire area of ​​Russia with the required number of air defense systems, tens of thousands of S-400, S-500 complexes are needed. This is almost impossible to do.

Therefore, the apocalypse of Russian air defense systems gives Ukraine the opportunity to work behind enemy lines. In particular, on the infrastructure that is easy to attack with the means of destruction that we have. These are drones and missiles with a certain (Ukraine’s partners – Channel 24) range of destruction,” he said. on Russian territory. The military expert noted that Ukrainian specialists, using ATACMS and Neptune missiles, are destroying the S-300/400 in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Russians They understand that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will destroy all available enemy targets on the peninsula, so they are trying to cover them. The enemy has to take the remnants of air defense from Russian territory and take them to Crimea. Ukrainian special services take advantage of these capabilities, which is why our drones in Russia reach 1800 kilometers to the Urals, emphasized Roman Svitan.