“Flash”: Russia relied on sheer numbers rather than effectiveness in latest attack

According to Ukrinform, this was noted by Defense Minister Advisor Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov on Facebook.

According to Beskrestnov, "missiles once again accounted for the bulk of the damage. Unfortunately, there were too many missiles for our air defense resources to handle."

Regarding the “Shaheds,” he noted that the Ukrainian Defense Forces demonstrated better performance than the average for the first half of the year.

"This time, interceptors accounted for over 40% of all downed 'Shaheds.' The positive trend in the work of the Ministry of Defense and the Ukrainian Defense Forces over the past four months is evident," Beskrestnov noted.

He reported that the “Shaheds” this time, as in the past, used a tactic of a massive attack, flying in along the same routes in an attempt to overwhelm the air defense system.

According to Beskrestnov, a small number of guided “Shaheds” attempted to attack Kyiv from the north, with both “Geran-3” and “Geran-4” variants being used.

“There were few guided ‘Shaheds’; in this attack, the enemy relied on mass rather than effectiveness,” Beskrestnov noted.

He noted that “no attempts to guide the ‘Shaheds’ from the command post were recorded this time. It is too early to draw conclusions. Perhaps because the entire strike was directed at Kyiv, rather than the western part of Ukraine, as was the case last time.”

In Beskrestnov’s view, “the targets in Kyiv were chosen by the enemy merely as a pretext for striking the city. For example, the factory in Lukyanivka, where missiles have long since destroyed everything possible over the years of the war, or the territory of the Ground Forces Command, where no one has been present since the first day of the war, just like at all similar facilities in Kyiv."

“I didn’t see anything technologically or tactically new for myself in this attack,” Beskrestnov stated.

As reported by Ukrinform, Yurii Ihnat, head of the Communications Department of the Ukrainian Air Force, stated that F-16 fighter jets performed well during the repulsion of the Russians’ massive air attack on May 24.