Almost all Russian missiles were intercepted by F-16 pilots – Ignat that night

F-16. illustrative photo of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The vast majority of enemy cruise missiles during the attack of the Russian Federation on the night of December 23 were intercepted by F-16 fighter pilots. The Air Force emphasizes that missiles for air defense systems and “air-to-air” class are not coming from partners in the quantity that Ukraine needs to counter the aggression of the Russian Federation.

Source: Colonel Yuriy Ignat, head of the communications department of the command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on television

Direct speech: “You see nunusually largein effectiveness of air defense, because “Daggers”, although not intercepted by “Patriot”, did not achieve their goals.

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From 35 cruise missiles There were 34 knocked down, mainly by airplanes These missiles were intercepted by the F-16, for which we thank our brave pilots.”

Details: Ignat emphasized that air-to-air missiles, as well as air defense missiles, are a rather scarce product for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation today.

“Everyone emphasizes this: both the pilots speak in their interviews, and the senior military leadership. The President of Ukraine, in particular, emphasized to his partners the need (literally, he recently spoke about it) to strengthen air defense both with the complexes themselves and with missiles. Because some complexes are without missiles at all,” said the spokesperson of the PS.

What preceded: On the night of December 23, the Russian invaders launched a combined attack on the objects of critical infrastructure of Ukraine using attack UAVs, air and ground-based missiles (total 673 means of air attack).

As of 11:30 a.m., according to the data of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, air defense 621 air targets of the Russian Federation were shot down and suppressed.

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