Ukraine has stopped reporting the number of missiles Russia is firing during air strikes, according to Bloomberg. According to the publication, the decision is linked to problems in the area of air defence. Due to the change in the format of public reports, the operational statistics available may not fully reflect the scale of specific strikes.
Briefly about the main points
- Ukraine no longer reports the number of missiles launched by Russia.
- Bloomberg attributes this to difficulties in the field of air defence.
- The new format limits the real-time attack statistics that are available.
- The absence of a figure does not determine the intensity of the Russian strike.
What’s changing in public reports
This specifically refers to data on the number of missiles the Russian Federation is using in its attacks. Previously, such figures made it possible to monitor the reported scale of individual air strikes and compare them with reports of interceptions.
At the same time, the absence of a figure in a particular report cannot, in itself, be taken as an indication of either the intensity of the attack or Ukraine’s air defence capabilities.
Link to air defence operations
Bloomberg links the change in communication to Ukraine’s air defence challenges. In early August, the president Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the poorer performance in intercepting ballistic missiles was due to shortage missiles for the Patriot system.
