Russian forces, while carrying out an air attack on May 24, focused on mass rather than effectiveness.
This was noted by advisor to the Minister of Defense Serhii 'Flash' Beskrestnov on Facebook.
According to Beskrestnov, “the main share of damage was again caused by missiles. Unfortunately, there were too many missiles for our air defense resources.”
As for Shaheds, he noted that Ukraine’s Defense Forces showed better results than the six-month average.
“This time, the share of interceptors already accounted for more than 40% of all downed ‘Shaheds.’ The positive dynamics of the work of the Ministry of Defense and the Defense Forces over the past four months is obvious,” Beskrestnov said.
He reported that the Shaheds this time, as before, used mass-attack tactics, flying along the same routes in an attempt to overload air defenses.
According to Beskrestnov, a small number of jet-powered Shaheds attempted to attack Kyiv from the north, using both Geran-3 and Geran-4.
"There were few Shaheds with guidance systems; in this attack, Russian forces focused on quantity rather than effectiveness," he said.
He also noted that no attempts to control Shaheds from Belarus were recorded this time.
“It is too early to draw conclusions. Perhaps this is because the entire strike was focused on Kyiv, rather than western Ukraine, as last time.”
In Beskrestnov’s view, “the targets in Kyiv were chosen by the enemy only as a pretext for striking the city. For example, the plant in Lukianivka, where over the years of the war everything that could be destroyed has already been hit by missiles, or the territory of the Ground Forces command, where from the first day of the war there has been no one, as is the case with all similar facilities in Kyiv.”
