As soon as the New Year's bell in 2024 rang, the Russian army immediately launched a large-scale air strike on the capital of Ukraine. And for the results of the air strikes, Russia and Ukraine have their own opinions, the Russian side claims to have achieved great results, while the Ukrainian military does not agree, and even publicly said that the success rate of the Ukrainian air defense department in intercepting the "Dagger" hypersonic missile has directly reached 100%. All of a sudden, both domestic and foreign pro-Ukrainian factions were overjoyed and began to vigorously tout how "godly" the Ukrainian army's air defense was.
It's just that within a few days, the truth of the facts can't be hidden, and moreover, Commander Wu personally debunked this rumor.
According to the "Ukrainian Independent News Agency", the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Zaluzhny, said a few days ago that a total of 51 missiles and 8 drones were fired in the new round of air strikes by the Russian army. Of these, there are only 4 of them, which are "Dagger" hypersonic missiles, and the rest are anti-aircraft missiles, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and anti-radiation missiles. And the Ukrainian air defense forces, just destroyed all the drones, as well as 18 cruise missiles. In other words, not only did the Ukrainian army not stop a single "Dagger", but also the interception rate of other missiles was less than half.
However, to be honest, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has been going on for two years, and Ukraine has been able to intercept 18 missiles and all drones with only a few air defense systems handed out by the West and focusing on important defensive targets. To be honest, such a record is really good, and if you promote it positively, you may be able to gain a lot of results.
However, Ukraine wants to "falsely report its achievements" in a vain attempt to regain confidence in Ukraine's supporters by constantly boasting about itself. In the end, I couldn't hide it, and I had to come out and slap myself in the face, which not only further confirmed that when the Ukrainian army publicized various achievements of its own, it would add water to it, but also made these supporters feel that they had just arrived in heaven and were beaten back to hell. I'm afraid that at this moment, those pro-Ukrainian factions will break their defenses.
Frankly speaking, when I personally saw that the Ukrainian side touted the "patriot", I felt that it was a dead duck's mouth. The hypersonic equipment of the "Dagger", in terms of existing military technology, itself is theoretically difficult to intercept. Although the Russian side, when claiming the "Dagger", there is also a suspicion of exaggerating the performance, and it is not impossible to be intercepted by the Ukrainian army to one or two, but it is definitely unrealistic for the Ukrainian army to use the antique-level "Patriot" to achieve a 100% interception rate. What's more, a large amount of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, as well as industrial and military facilities, have been destroyed remotely, but it is real. Now it's time for the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army to personally break our doubts about this matter.
Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the "Patriot" has enough capabilities to intercept the "Dagger", Ukraine will have to face the problem of insufficient stocks and a greater crisis next. On the one hand, the New York Times has already published an article reporting that the United States will not be able to provide Ukraine with Patriot missiles in a stable manner. On the other hand, judging from the addition of drones to the missiles of this Russian air strike, it is obvious that the Russian army has begun to adopt new tactics, that is, first disrupt the air defense network with drones, and then use missile swarms to severely damage infrastructure. It is foreseeable that in the coming days, Ukraine may have to accept "heavy missile rainfall" for a long time. It's not good, the global pro-Ukrainian faction will have to break the big defense a few more times, and it is not necessarily.