It is according data shared by a representative of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vadym Skybytsky.
“We have noticed that Russia is carrying out far fewer rocket attacks and it has used Kh-22 rockets; they are old 1970s Soviet rockets,” Skibitsky told The Guardian on Friday.
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According to him, “this shows that Russia is running low on rockets.”
Skibitsky said Russia was unable to produce rockets quickly because of the sanctions and that it had used around 60% of its supplies.
The sound of sirens has become a daily feature for Ukrainians. Sirens regularly sound in multiple regions simultaneously but most of the time, for people on the ground, it passes without a bang. According to Skibitsky, each siren signals a rocket has entered Ukrainian airspace but its impact is not always reported for security reasons.
“The rockets take anywhere from 40 to 90 minutes to impact, depending on where they are launched from … We don’t know where they are going to land,” said Skibitsky. He noted that Russia was currently using long-range bombers which can reach anywhere in Ukraine without leaving Russian airspace.
As Defense Express reported Ukraine’s deputy head of the Defense intelligence of Ukraine told The Guardian on Friday that Ukraine is losing against Russia on the frontlines and is now almost solely reliant on weapons from the west to keep Russia at bay. Skibitsky emphasised the need for the west to supply Ukraine with long-range rocket systems to destroy the Russian artillery pieces from afar.
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