During the meeting of the Staff, acting Air Force Commander Anatoliy Kryvonozhko reported on the fight against Russian air terror and, in particular, on the strengthening of air defense. Russia is now using about ten times more Shaheds than last fall.
This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reports UNN.
He held a meeting. There was a report by acting Air Force Commander Anatoliy Kryvonozhko on the fight against Russian air terror. Strengthening air defense in the regions that need it most, developing new solutions to combat UAVs, and strengthening mobile fire groups. Now Russia is using about ten times more Shaheds than last fall, so we must fully counter them
According to him, there were also reports on Ukrainian production - shells, weapons, equipment, electronic warfare, drones. The results of contracting for the current year and planning for the next year.
We have considered 3-5-year contracts that we offer to Ukrainian manufacturers of strategic level drones. We need a long planning horizon, development and investment for manufacturers. There was also a report by Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on the use of the following long-range drones, prioritization, and planning of operations
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On the night of November 4, Russia attacked Ukraine with 80 drones, Iskander-M and guided bombs. Air defense forces shot down 50 enemy drones in nine regions of Ukraine.
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The former spokesman for the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuriy Ihnat, recently confirmed that many people are being sent to the infantry from the Air Force and other units . However, he noted that this is not a good thing. According to him, it is not only the Air Force that shoots down Shaheds , but all the Defense Forces- : Air Force, Ground Forces, Navy, Airborne Forces, Border Guards and everyone else who has what it takes.Ignat says that the percentage of Shaheds shot down has not decreased at all, there are daily official reports.
Let me explain once again: for the second month in a row, along with the Shahed, there is something else flying, as they say, “made of shit and sticks,” which we call “UAVs of an unidentified type” in our reports. Half of them are labeled as “locally lost. So the lie about fewer being shot down is obvious!
Prior to this, MP Mariana Bezuhla stated that Shakhtys had allegedly become worse at shooting down, and that air defense was being transferred to the infantry.