UNITED24 Media
Ukraine is facing a shortage of missiles for its air defense systems, leaving some complexes temporarily without ammunition while awaiting new Russian attacks. This was stated by Yurii Ihnat, head of the Communications Department of the Ukrainian Air Force Command, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine on February 2.
According to Ihnat, the issue of missile shortages has been raised repeatedly at the highest level, with the Ukrainian president repeatedly drawing partners’ attention to the critical situation.
“We have stated this more than once, and the President of Ukraine has repeatedly drawn partners’ attention to the fact that sometimes certain systems are left empty, while the next attack still has to be repelled with something. And indeed, ahead of one such attack, we were provided with assets just a day before… And the Defense Forces repelled that massive strike quite successfully thanks to missiles for F-16s, for NASAMS, for IRIS-T, for Patriot,” Ihnat said.
He emphasized that there have been moments when the Air Force experienced a serious shortage of these missiles. During one Russian attack, for example, a NASAMS system reportedly had only two missiles available instead of six.