The invasion operation launched by Russia on February 24 against Ukraine continues. A senior official from the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) made an assessment to a group of journalists on the Ukraine-Russia war. Stating that most of Ukraine’s territory is already within the range of Russia’s ballistic missile capability, the Pentagon official implied that it would be difficult to declare a no-fly zone in Ukraine.
“RUSSIA LAUNCHES MORE THAN 670 Missiles”
Noting that as of today, Russia has launched more than 670 missiles into Ukraine, he used the following statements:
“Almost half of these missiles were launched from Russia. The other half were mostly from within Ukraine. Some of them came from Belarus. 6 missiles were launched from the Black Sea. So most of the missiles fired at Ukraine are launched from Russia or actually from inside Ukraine, and Which brings up one element for you that I’d like to at least highlight. You know, there’s a possible no-fly zone issue that I’m still hearing about. I think it’s important to remind you that almost all of Ukraine’s territory is under the umbrella of Russian missile capability in one way or another. And from the south, most of Ukraine’s airspace is under the umbrella of Russian missile capability, and I think that’s an important point to focus on.”
“UKRAINE MAINTAINS ITS AIR DEFENSE”
He noted that although Russia has such an important missile capability, it still cannot gain superiority in the Ukrainian airspace and that the Ukrainian army maintains its air and missile defense power.
“We continue to see Ukraine’s resistance efforts to slow down the Russians, especially in the north. Near Kiev, we see that Russian forces are unable to approach the city center in the north and northwest,” he said. said.
Noting that there has been no landing in Odessa yet, the official said that the Russian forces, continuing in the northeast and from the Crimea to the southwest, have made some progress. He noted that Russia had pushed 100 percent of its forces into Ukrainian territory, but lost about 5 percent of its combat power. (AA)