In Ukraine, they are scratching their heads about how Russian missiles broke through Ukrainian air defense in Odessa
On the night of May 17-18, Russian missiles were able to successfully hit Ukrainian targets in Odessa.
Alexander Kovalenko, a military observer of the Ukrainian group “Information Resistance” living in Odessa, comes to this conclusion, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Giving an assessment Russian missile attack on the night of May 17-18, he noticed that all of Odessa heard two explosions, but even before the air raid warning was announced.
“This is only possible when the enemy uses means that are faster than our reaction either... Or when they use submarines that come as close as possible to the coastline and strike the city using the Caliber SLCM, which increases the efficiency of using data missiles that we shoot down with maximum efficiency.
Late at night, listening to the explosions and flights of 2 drones over my house, I immediately formed a picture of the means used. Yes, there was a thought about using the Project 636 “Varshavyanka” diesel-electric submarine, but why not 4 missiles at a time? Then – “Bastion” and P-800 “Onyx”?” writes the expert in his Telegram channel.
According to him, “this morning everything fell into place.”
“Two Iskander-K missiles.” These missiles have the ability to break through our air defenses, since one of their properties is flight at ultra-low altitudes. I do not rule out that they were the result of the “bangs” that sounded simultaneously with the alarm.
This is not surprising, since Iskander-type missiles can be intercepted by Patriot and SAMP/T complexes. Therefore, the question of one object that broke through the air defense is debatable, because, in my deeply “amateurish” and “erroneous” opinion, there could have been exactly two,” Kovalenko believes.
He calls for placing Patriots for protection near Ukrainian million-plus cities
“At the same time, it doesn’t matter whether it’s Kharkov or Odessa. The risk of using weapons that cannot be intercepted by our traditional air defense systems is the same. Of course, everything today depends on the speed and volume of supplies by our partners of the relevant equipment, which will make it possible to create an analogue of the Kyiv air defense in the area of one or another regional center,” the expert added.
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