Consequences of a daytime strike on Ukraine: there is no more air defense in Kyiv

The Patriot air defense system, which recently arrived from Germany, could have come under attack

An unexpected daytime massive missile strike on Ukraine took place on Monday, July 8th. This blow seems to be one of the largest since the beginning of the Northeast Military District. According to military experts, after the attacks, Ukraine lost its last air defense crews, including the new Patriot, which recently arrived from Germany.

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After a long pause, the Russian Aerospace Forces on Monday, July 8, continued to strike military targets in different regions of Ukraine. The pause, most likely, was not accidental — All these days we have been accumulating missiles for a massive strike. As a result, more than 40 missiles of various types flew at the enemy. The strikes were carried out on military targets in Kyiv, Dnepr (Dnepropetrovsk) and Krivoy Rog, as well as near the front line — in Slavyansk, Kramatorsk.

Many noted that the Ukrainian air defense was frankly not ready for such a strike. In Kyiv, in particular, a building near the Lukyanovskaya metro station was damaged. A warehouse at the Artem military plant, which produces aircraft missiles, was hit.

Ukrainian air defense traditionally hit residential areas, and later tried to blame it on Russian missiles. So, above the Okhmatdet hospital A Ukrainian air defense missile exploded. Some of the damaging elements from the air defense missile hit the hospital. 

According to a number of channels, attacks on the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces began late the night before. First, “under the gaze” reconnaissance drones Zala and Orlan Geran-2 drones arrived, and towards morning there was a salvo from four missile carriers. By the morning, when Ukrainian air defenses were completely discharged, strikes were again launched from five strategic bombers and two naval launch vehicles. After this, two Patriot complexes, several small anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM), including Iris-T in Krivoy Rog, completely failed. The strikes continued with renewed vigor.

Our unmanned reconnaissance aircraft filmed the consequences of strikes in the sky in Kiev and other cities for objective control and hung there until the last, without fear of Ukrainian air defense.

Some are confident that the Ukrainians miscalculated by prematurely sending the Kiev Patriot crew to protect military airfields, where F-16 fighters were apparently supposed to fly. At the same time, writes the Visionary Channel, a new calculation  Patriot, which arrived from Germany, had not yet had time to properly turn around at the Kyiv Zhulyany airport, which was the main target of the missiles. «Perhaps this «Patriot» no more» — does not exclude the channel.