Russia spent $22.8 billion on missile attacks on Ukraine.
— Volodymyr Dacenko (@Volodymyr_D_) October 31, 2023
This is more than half of all US military aid to Ukraine ($43 billion).
A short thread about missile attacks this winter: 1/7 pic.twitter.com/8DYbnEY52L
3/7 Air Defense Ukraine has become much more effective than a year ago. If until October 2022, Ukrainian air defenses shot down about 30% of missiles, then after the transfer of NASAMS, Iris-T, Patriot, Samp-T, Ukrainian air defenses began to intercept up to 80-90% of missiles.
— Volodymyr Dacenko (@Volodymyr_D_) October 31, 2023
5/7 This is due to the fact that most air defense systems, except Patriot and Samp-T, cannot effectively intercept ballistic missiles, supersonic Kh-22/32 and inconspicuous Onyx.
— Volodymyr Dacenko (@Volodymyr_D_) October 31, 2023
Most likely, modern air defense systems will still be in short supply this winter.
7/7 However, Ukraine has something to answer for this year. A line of long-range kamikaze drones (from 200 to 500 km) appeared in Ukraine: Uj-22, "Morock", "Rubaka", "Bober" and others. pic.twitter.com/1uCFexpwUW
— Volodymyr Dacenko (@Volodymyr_D_) October 31, 2023
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