This is a good sign: expert assesses consequences of night attack on Russia
Date: 2025-03-11 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR
Russian civilian airports should stop and not operate flights until at least one Ukrainian airport starts operating. This was stated on air by aviation expert Bogdan Dolince on Radio NV, commenting on the night attack of drones on the territory of the Russian Federation.
"The increase in the number of drones that simultaneously attack Russian facilities is a fairly good sign. And we should expect its further growth in the future. Probably, the most effective strikes could be when Moscow or the Moscow region are attacked by several hundred drones at the same time," Dolince said.
He also noted that Russia does not have enough air defense systems to close most of the military infrastructure facilities on its territory. In particular, this applies to Moscow.
"By 2022, the total number of Pantsir-S systems was slightly more than a hundred units. This is not so much. In order to cover fairly large objects, like the city of Moscow, it is necessary to deploy 30 to 40 such systems. And this is in addition to other air defense systems, such as the S-300 or S-400," the expert added.
He also explained that Russia has its own production of ammunition for air defense systems. In addition, since ancient times, Moscow has had large stocks of air defense missiles in warehouses, the expert noted.
"If we talk about the S-300 and S-400 systems, then these are specifically air defense systems. And they do not work effectively against small UAVs. But if we talk about modern jet UAVs or so-called ultra-light cruise missile drones, then these are the very targets that these systems work against. And of course, we need to increase production in order to make at least several thousand units of such products launched over the territory of the Russian Federation per month. And then in six months Russia will really feel a shortage of missiles for air defense systems," Dolintse explained.
