Massive air attack on Ukraine cost Russia about $620 million
Kyiv • UNN
The Russian aggressor's missile attack on Ukraine on January 2, 2024, cost Russia approximately $620 million. In the air attack, the occupiers used various missiles, as well as Shahed-136 UAVs, which were mostly intercepted by Ukrainian forces.
A large-scale missile attack on Ukraine on January 2, probably cost the Russian Federation about about $620 million. This is stated in the calculations of the Ukrainian editorial office of Forbes and data from the Ukrainian Air Force, UNN reports.
Details
According to preliminary data, on January 2 , the Russian army used 99 missiles of various types and attack drones. Among them:
Shahed-136/131 UAVs (all 35 were destroyed);
X-101/X-555/X-55 - at least 70 cruise missiles, the enemy used bombers Tu-95MS;
Kh-47M2 Kinzhal and MiG-31K fighters - the enemy launched ten aeroballistic missiles;
The enemy also attacked from the sea with three Kalibr cruise missiles;
From the north - with 12 Iskander-M/S-300/S-400 missiles;
Four X-31 anti-radar missiles were used from Su-35 tactical aircraft. X-31P anti-radar missiles;
According to official information released by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Ukrainian defenders destroyed 10 out of 10 X-47M2 "Kinzhal, 59 out of 70 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles, and three out of three Kalibr cruise missiles.
Taking into account that the exact distribution of missiles by type remains unknown. is still unknown, their approximate cost is $620 million.
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Forbes used the following estimates for the above missiles: X-101 missile cost - $13 million,
Kalibr - $6.5 million,
"Iskander - $3 million,
"Onyx - $1.25 million,
X-22 - $1 million,
"Tochka-U - $0.3 million,
X-55 - $2 million,
X-555 - $4 million,
X-47 Kinzhal - $15 million,
Shahed-136 - $50,000.
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