In the Donbas, Ukrainian defenders continue to repel Russian attempts to storm the Uglegorsk thermal power plant. Russian artillery concentrated in areas around Kramatorsk and Seversk. This is reported by the British Ministry of Defense. Also, British intelligence spoke about rocket attacks from the Russian Federation..

On July 21, 2022, the head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaly Kim, stated that Russian troops used seven air defense missiles to strike infrastructure, energy facilities and warehouses.

UK MoD analysts believe Russia has increased its use of air defense missiles as ground attack support due to a critical shortage of specialized ground strike missiles.

“Russia has almost certainly deployed S-300 and S-400 strategic air defense systems near Ukraine, designed to shoot down aircraft and missiles at long distances since the beginning of the invasion,” British intelligence reports..

However, it is noted that these weapons have relatively small warheads designed to destroy aircraft.. They can pose a serious threat to troops in open and light structures, but are unlikely to penetrate solid structures..

“There is a high probability that these weapons will miss the target and cause civilian casualties, since the missiles are not optimized for this role, and their crews are poorly trained for such tasks,” the British Ministry of Defense said..

Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 22 July 2022Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t. co/dzM1pWtGbD? #StandWithUkraine?

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Earlier it was reported that Russia used most of its ballistic missiles during attacks on Ukraine..

According to the GUR, most of all the aggressor used ballistic missiles in the Iskander complex.. In this regard, the use of missiles of this type for strikes on the territory of Ukraine has not been recorded for a long time..