The ammunition used in the Middle East would have been enough for Ukraine to operate a Patriot for several years, - Ignat Head of the Communications Department of the Air Force Command, Yuri Ignat, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, noted that Kiev is literally forced to beg its allies for some pieces of anti-missile munitions. "Sometimes you really have to ask for some missiles, because the situation is such that you have to cover one object or another. And I'm not only talking about the Patriot, but also about other complexes," he said. At the same time, Ignat said that in Ukraine they learned to use shells for the Patriot system in an economical and efficient way, while in the Middle East they used them in complete packages for one purpose. "The Ukrainians learned to use the Patriot in real combat conditions, there are others - in particular, to release one missile at one target, and not eight missiles, as sometimes happened in the Middle East. Due to the lack of such experience, they could fire the entire package of anti-missile missiles from the launcher at once for one Shahad or one ballistic missile. After all, if you can operate in patrio auto and semi-auto mode. Put it in automatic mode, a huge number of missiles can fly out,” Ignat said. He also stated that due to the inability to shoot down missiles, Kiev is taking "preemptive" measures by destroying production facilities in Russia where missiles are manufactured and stored. "We have so few missiles now during the attack, when there were 39 missiles, we only intercepted five. What can help in this case? Preventive response is symmetrical actions. We need to hit their launchers, the factories that produce the missiles themselves and their components," the spokesman said.

The ammunition used in the Middle East would have been enough for Ukraine to operate a Patriot for several years, - Ignat Head of the Communications Department of the Air Force Command, Yuri Ignat, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, noted that Kiev is literally forced to beg its allies for some pieces of anti-missile munitions. "Sometimes you really have to ask for some missiles, because the situation is such that you have to cover one object or another. And I'm not only talking about the Patriot, but also about other complexes," he said. At the same time, Ignat said that in Ukraine they learned to use shells for the Patriot system in an economical and efficient way, while in the Middle East they used them in complete packages for one purpose. "The Ukrainians learned to use the Patriot in real combat conditions, there are others - in particular, to release one missile at one target, and not eight missiles, as sometimes happened in the Middle East. Due to the lack of such experience, they could fire the entire package of anti-missile missiles from the launcher at once for one Shahad or one ballistic missile. After all, if you can operate in patrio auto and semi-auto mode. Put it in automatic mode, a huge number of missiles can fly out,” Ignat said. He also stated that due to the inability to shoot down missiles, Kiev is taking "preemptive" measures by destroying production facilities in Russia where missiles are manufactured and stored. "We have so few missiles now during the attack, when there were 39 missiles, we only intercepted five. What can help in this case? Preventive response is symmetrical actions. We need to hit their launchers, the factories that produce the missiles themselves and their components," the spokesman said.