The air defense systems available in Ukraine are precisely anti-aircraft (air defense), and not anti-missile. The latter are now the most necessary, given the tactics of the Russian Federation. The Kremlin has made a significant bet on missile strikes, so the missile defense system (ABM) is urgently needed for Kyiv. Yuri Ignat, speaker of the Air Force Command, spoke about this on the air of the telethon..

“Missile defense is more powerful, more modern systems. Faster rockets. That is, for understanding - a rocket must shoot down a rocket. The performance characteristics should be higher than this missile, which flies to hit a ground target, ”he specified..

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The military noted that now equipment is needed to combat the weapons that Russia has, now this is available in neighboring countries such as Poland, Romania. He noted that the systems existing in the mentioned countries can shoot down cruise and ballistic missiles and stated:.

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Recall that after today's night missile attack on the Odessa region, the number of dead and wounded increased to 14 and 30, respectively..

Yesterday, the SBU detained a Russian agent in the Chernihiv region who was collecting data for missile strikes and sabotage at the border..

The other day, the Russians also cynically launched X-22 missiles from the airfield in the Kaluga region, which hit the shopping center in Kremenchug. On that day, there were about a thousand residents of the city in the shopping center..