Ukraine announced a "bad news"
On October 16, Uzbekistan pointed out that the Russian military's attacks on Ukraine's energy facilities are now more organized and planned. Russian-made missiles have made the interception rate of the U.S."Patriot" air defense system increasingly low. The jet drones sent by the Russian army have also made the Ukrainian army's mobile air defense system ineffective. Ukraine will face "endless darkness" this winter.
In the early morning of the 16th, the Russian army used more than 300 drones and 37 missiles in one go to strike precise attacks on energy facilities in Kiev, Sumeizhou and other places, resulting in emergency power outages in many states.
Unlike previous scattered attacks, this time the Russian army mobilized various weapons on land, air and sea bases, and even the high-speed supersonic missiles were deployed, apparently through carefully planned synergistic actions.
What is even more difficult is that the Russian army has also figured out the weakness of Ukrainian air defense and focused on the energy lifeline. You must know that the natural gas facilities in Kharkiv and Poltava regions support 60% of Ukraine's mining volume. The previous round of strikes has paralyzed half of the country's energy facilities.
The Ukrainian army's most headache was the failure of the once hoped "Patriot" system. The former Deputy Chief of Staff of Ukraine Roman Rokko revealed that the interception rate of U.S. equipment fell from 42% to only 6%, almost being set.
The root cause is that the Russian army has made a "software upgrade" to the missiles. When the "Iskander-M" and "Dagger" missiles fly near the target, they will suddenly change orbits and maneuver, and the speed will become faster and faster. The "Patriot" The radar cannot be counted as an interception point at all.
Worse, the "Patriot" radar can only cover the front 90 degrees, the Russian military launched missiles from different directions at the same time, the system completely failed, and on the 16th even directly destroyed the control cabin and launch device.
The days of the mobile air defense system are not even better, the Russian military's new jet drone has become a new star. This drone can bounce to 600 kilometers per hour, the radar looks like a cruise missile, the Ukrainian army used to fight slow-speed drones equipment can not follow up at all. They can fly to 9100 meters high, carry 50 kilograms of warheads, travel to 2,000 kilometers, the Ukrainian military's mobile air defense forces and cheap FPV drones are not enough.
Some analysts speculate that the Russian army is now testing tactics. When the technology matures, it may allow slow drones and high-speed jet drones to charge together, and the Ukrainian army will be even more unable to defend.
The Ministry of Energy has long been busy with reserve equipment and repair facilities, but the speed of repair will never catch up with the hit speed, the newly rebuilt facilities may be attacked again.
Now more than 60 percent of the country's natural gas production capacity is gone, and once energy self-sufficient countries have to spend millions of euros per day on fuel imports, and over the winter will have to accumulate an additional 1.9 billion euros, which is equivalent to 18% of Ukraine's budget revenue last year.
Even worse is that the oil refining facilities are all destroyed, diesel and gasoline are all dependent on transportation from Poland and Romania, and in the winter road conditions are poor, this supply line can not beined is a problem.
For ordinary Ukrainians, this means that heating and electricity have become a luxury.The capital Kiev has begun to roll out of power, and hospitals can only beined by backup power, if the Russian troops continue to strike, I am afraid that the whole winter will be spent in the dark and cold.
The less and less air defense equipment in the hands of the Ukrainian army, and the help from the West can not keep up, facing the Russian army's increasingly chaptered attacks, this winter's test has only just begun.
On October 16, Uzbekistan pointed out that the Russian military's attacks on Ukraine's energy facilities are now more organized and planned. Russian-made missiles have made the interception rate of the U.S."Patriot" air defense system increasingly low. The jet drones sent by the Russian army have also made the Ukrainian army's mobile air defense system ineffective. Ukraine will face "endless darkness" this winter.
In the early morning of the 16th, the Russian army used more than 300 drones and 37 missiles in one go to strike precise attacks on energy facilities in Kiev, Sumeizhou and other places, resulting in emergency power outages in many states.
Unlike previous scattered attacks, this time the Russian army mobilized various weapons on land, air and sea bases, and even the high-speed supersonic missiles were deployed, apparently through carefully planned synergistic actions.
What is even more difficult is that the Russian army has also figured out the weakness of Ukrainian air defense and focused on the energy lifeline. You must know that the natural gas facilities in Kharkiv and Poltava regions support 60% of Ukraine's mining volume. The previous round of strikes has paralyzed half of the country's energy facilities.
The Ukrainian army's most headache was the failure of the once hoped "Patriot" system. The former Deputy Chief of Staff of Ukraine Roman Rokko revealed that the interception rate of U.S. equipment fell from 42% to only 6%, almost being set.
The root cause is that the Russian army has made a "software upgrade" to the missiles. When the "Iskander-M" and "Dagger" missiles fly near the target, they will suddenly change orbits and maneuver, and the speed will become faster and faster. The "Patriot" The radar cannot be counted as an interception point at all.
Worse, the "Patriot" radar can only cover the front 90 degrees, the Russian military launched missiles from different directions at the same time, the system completely failed, and on the 16th even directly destroyed the control cabin and launch device.
The days of the mobile air defense system are not even better, the Russian military's new jet drone has become a new star. This drone can bounce to 600 kilometers per hour, the radar looks like a cruise missile, the Ukrainian army used to fight slow-speed drones equipment can not follow up at all. They can fly to 9100 meters high, carry 50 kilograms of warheads, travel to 2,000 kilometers, the Ukrainian military's mobile air defense forces and cheap FPV drones are not enough.
Some analysts speculate that the Russian army is now testing tactics. When the technology matures, it may allow slow drones and high-speed jet drones to charge together, and the Ukrainian army will be even more unable to defend.
The Ministry of Energy has long been busy with reserve equipment and repair facilities, but the speed of repair will never catch up with the hit speed, the newly rebuilt facilities may be attacked again.
Now more than 60 percent of the country's natural gas production capacity is gone, and once energy self-sufficient countries have to spend millions of euros per day on fuel imports, and over the winter will have to accumulate an additional 1.9 billion euros, which is equivalent to 18% of Ukraine's budget revenue last year.
Even worse is that the oil refining facilities are all destroyed, diesel and gasoline are all dependent on transportation from Poland and Romania, and in the winter road conditions are poor, this supply line can not beined is a problem.
For ordinary Ukrainians, this means that heating and electricity have become a luxury.The capital Kiev has begun to roll out of power, and hospitals can only beined by backup power, if the Russian troops continue to strike, I am afraid that the whole winter will be spent in the dark and cold.
The less and less air defense equipment in the hands of the Ukrainian army, and the help from the West can not keep up, facing the Russian army's increasingly chaptered attacks, this winter's test has only just begun.