News archive on the topic "Ignat"

Russian drones fly to the western regions of Ukraine because they know the terrain and the location of air defense systems. This explanation for the periodic explosions in the Lviv and Khmelnytsky regions was given by the speaker of the Ukrainian Air Force Yuriy Ignat, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. On the air of the Lviv TV channel NTA, Ignat explained that drones fly behind rivers and borders. “Unfortunately, they have such...

The stock of high-precision missiles of various types in Russia is at least 800 units. Speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat stated this on the air of the Internet channel “News Live”, a correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. According to Ignat, the Russian Armed Forces are now delivering fewer attacks on Ukrainian targets, accumulating resources. “Two months ago they talked about 600 different missiles. We can voice them:...

Ukraine expects to receive American multi-role fighter-bombers of the fifth generation F-35 in the future. They could become an alternative to the air defense systems that NATO countries are reluctant to transfer to Ukraine. Speaker of the Ukrainian Air Force Yuriy Ignat stated this on the air of the Internet channel “News Live”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. According to Ignat, if Ukraine receives significantly older F-16 fighters, then it will have nothing further...

Russia has learned lessons from attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure and will use new tactics. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, RBC-Ukraine writes about this in an article dedicated to the upcoming shelling. It is noted that in fact, 45% of the missiles fired in October last year - February of this year were spent before the onset of winter cold. “And this is one of the key factors that Moscow,...

Russian attack drones remain a difficult target for Ukrainian air defense systems. This was reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent, said by the speaker of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat. He says Ukraine's air defense faces threats "that are partly a real headache." “We have learned to shoot down Shaheds, but they still remain a difficult target. When there are a lot of them flying, they use different...

For the first time in the last six months, after Russian strikes, facilities in the energy structure of Ukraine were damaged. The press service of NEC Ukrenergo reports this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “On Thursday, September 21, due to the consequences of an enemy attack, for the first time in 6 months, power facilities in the western and central regions were damaged. Due to the consequences of the attack, there was a partial blackout in the Rivne, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, and Kharkov regions,”…

Ukrainian pilots have adopted the American tradition of saying goodbye to fallen pilots. The idea is that the flight number, call sign or surname of the deceased are written on the piano, a sad melody is played, and then the instrument is doused with kerosene and set on fire. About this on the air of the Internet channel “Public. News,” said Air Force Speaker of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Let's remember the young pilots who...

The Russian Aerospace Forces are increasingly scrambling the MiG-31K fighter, which is causing an air raid alert in Ukraine. The speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “They've done this before. But they flew for an hour and a half, working off fuel. In fact, it can fly in the sky for an hour and a half if fully refueled. Thus…

Today, Russia has no shortage of missiles it uses to attack targets on Ukrainian territory. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, this was stated in an interview with Gazeta in Ukrainian, by the speaker of the Air Force Command, Yuriy Ignat. “The Russians have no respite from shelling. Rockets fly every day. Russia continues to shell Ukraine. Nothing changed. They are trying to hit our...

Western sanctions imposed on Russia, prohibiting it from importing high technologies for use in the defense industry, are not working. The Russian military-industrial complex continues to produce high-precision weapons, as can be seen from the fragments of missiles that hit Ukrainian targets. This was stated on the air of the Lvov NTA TV channel by the speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat, who refused to name the number of missiles remaining in Russia.…

The air defense systems in Ukraine's arsenal, including Western ones, turned out to be powerless against Russian glide bombs. The editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian military portal Defense Express, Oleg Katkov, stated this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in an interview with the anti-Russian propaganda publication Novoye Vremya. He drew attention to the fact that in Russia, since the early 2000s, they have been promoting the development of the NPO “Basalt under the name UMPC...

Russian guided bombs are the newest threat to Ukraine, against which the country currently has no air defense systems. Speaker of the Ukrainian Air Force Yuriy Ignat stated this on ICTV, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The new threat is guided aerial bombs, and there were arrivals in the Sumy region, and now there are actually about 10 guided aerial bombs every day...

During combat operations, Russia uses up to 20 guided aerial bombs. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports that Yuri Ignat, Speaker of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said this during a compulsory telethon broadcast in Ukraine. “The enemy uses gliding bombs that can fly tens of kilometers (up to 70 km) - 10-15, up to 20 bombs per day along the entire demarcation line...

At night, Russian drones successfully hit a large industrial center of Ukraine - Krivoy Rog. The head of the military-civil administration of the city, Alexander Vilkul, reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "Krivoy Rog. Enemy attack by Shahed drones. There are hits. We don’t film or post anything on social networks!” he wrote in his telegram channel at four in the morning. A few hours later he published the following...