Understanding what air defense weapons and when exactly Ukraine’s partners can transfer to close our skу will be next month.
As ICTV special correspondent Volodymyr Runets reported, Defense Minister Oleksiі Reznikov stated this while commenting on the meeting in the Ramstein format.
– The main thing is that a political decision has been made. Then there will be practice. The sky will not be closed tomorrow. These are expensive, complex systems that you need to learn to work with, – the minister explained.
Oleksiі Reznikov also reminded that no air defense system in the world guarantees 100% protection. According to him, today our air defense systematically defeats up to 50% of all threats. If these indicators are at the level of 60-80%, this is already excellent.
In addition, the Minister of Defense explained that air defense systems have different ranges – short, medium and long (40-80-200 km). Therefore, according to the minister, Ukraine now needs to see where there are gaps in protection.
We will remind, on October 12, following the results of the meeting in the Ramstein format, US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin announced that Ukraine will receive air defense systems as quickly as physical capabilities allow.
According to him, our partners will also try to provide additional ammunition to the existing systems used by the Ukrainian forces.
Photo: Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine