Photo: Colonel Mykola Danylyuk, by Ruslan Tarasov

Colonel Mykola Danylyuk, a representative of the Center for the Research of Trophy and Prospective Weapons and Military Equipment of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, announced this during a briefing at the Military Media Center, writes ArmyInform.

"Significant help from Western partners in strengthening Ukraine's air defense system and gaining experience in countering Russian cruise missiles gradually decreased the effectiveness of enemy strikes. Starting from October 2022, the signs of depletion of cruise missile reserves in the Russian Federation became more and more obvious. The Russian military-industrial complex, in producing this type of weapon, is not able to provide a sufficient number of cruise missiles. The sanctions regime has demonstrated its critical dependence on microcircuits and chips of foreign origin. The occupiers simply cannot afford large-scale missile strikes and use weapons from the assembly line, without proper inspections and quality control. For example, during another missile strike on February 10, 2023, the Russian Air Force used Kh-101 cruise missiles produced in the first quarter of 2023," Mykola Danylyuk noted.