The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said on December 15, 2022, that Ukraine had increased the effectiveness of its air defense to 80% as of December 2022.
Source: The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov
Calling this indicator, Oleksiy Reznikov cited the example of a massive Russian missile attack on December 5, 2022. Then Ukraine shot down 60 out of 70 missiles launched by Russia.
“This was achieved due to Ukraine’s use of a combination of air defense systems donated by allies, Soviet-era systems and repurposed mobile machine guns,” explained the Minister of Defense of Ukraine.
However, Ukraine is calling on allies to provide more weapons systems, including better air defense.
“It’s something more: you became the believer of us and you started to invest, not only, I would say, not only weapons in Ukraine, but because you want to see the new Ukraine after this victory, not the old Soviet Ukraine,” noted the Defense Minister of Ukraine.
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