A sufficient number of PATRIOT missile defense systems and SAMP-T systems will help Ukraine defend itself against ballistic missiles. This was announced by the speaker of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat on the air of the information telethon.
“Protection against ballistic missiles is both PATRIOT and SAMP-T, which can shoot them down. But we have repeatedly said that it is not so easy to shoot down ballistic missiles even with these means. You need to have enough of them to protect yourself from such an attack. Therefore the best way to destroy these ballistics is at the start. The top military-political leadership of Ukraine knows this, our partners know, so there is a definite plan of action on this matter," Ignat said.
According to him, Ukraine offered its Western partners a list of its weapons needs with a list of priority assistance.
"We need everything, even small arms, cartridges. Everything that protection gives is everything. Ukraine offered its partners a list of its needs. This list contains priority things, secondary, and tertiary, but all this is needed. Ukraine is fighting a huge monster, with a big state "stuffed" with weapons, so we need everything," the representative of the Air Force emphasized.
In August, it became known that Iran had sold a batch of its kamikaze drones to Russia. Their use by Russia led to the death of dozens of people in Ukrainian cities, particularly in Kyiv, and to the destruction of energy facilities.
In mid-October, there were reports that Russia ordered more than 2,000 more of these drones from Iran. The media also reported that Iran plans to send Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar surface-to-surface ballistic missiles to Russia.
