Lewi Whalberg1/7
🇺🇦 Analysis from Swedish volunteer my frined Kenneth Gregg in Kyiv:
Russia launched one of the largest air attacks of the war overnight:
• 681 aerial targets
• 34 ballistic missiles
• 30 cruise missiles
• 611 drones and decoys
This was designed to overwhelm Ukraine's air defenses.
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The result tells a different story.
Ukraine reports 632 targets neutralized or electronically suppressed.
All 30 cruise missiles were eliminated.
582 drones were destroyed or rendered ineffective.
Kyiv is still standing.
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Kenneth Gregg noted something unusual.
The familiar sound of heavy air-defense fire over Kyiv was noticeably reduced.
Instead, Ukrainian fighter jets were already circling the city more than 30 minutes before the attack arrived.
That may matter
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One possible explanation:
Ukraine is increasingly using F-16s and Mirages to intercept cruise missiles and drones far from their targets.
That allows scarce Patriot interceptors to be reserved for the most difficult threat of all: ballistic missiles.
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This is how an integrated air-defense network should work:
• Fighters intercept what fighters can reach • Electronic warfare disrupts drones • NASAMS and IRIS-T catch what leaks through • Patriot focuses on ballistic missiles
Efficiency matters.
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The most revealing number may be 681.
Russia needed hundreds of drones, dozens of missiles, and a huge logistical effort to achieve limited penetration.
That is not the picture of a collapsing air-defense system.
It's the picture of one adapting.
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Kenneth Gregg's conclusion:
Patriot likely hasn't disappeared from Kyiv
Ukraine appears to be using it more selectively while expanding the role of fighter aircraft and electronic warfare
Russia sent 681 targets
Kyiv is still there
#Ukraine #SlavaUkraini
Source:
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