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Roman Kostenko. Photo: facebook.com/kostenko.roman83
People's Deputy of Ukraine Roman Kostenko explained why it is difficult to destroy the Russian Iskander systems from which Russia launches ballistic missiles at our country. According to him, these systems can leave their positions a few minutes after a launch.
The deputy said this at the annual YES meeting organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in a comment to Novyny.LIVE journalist Halyna Ostapovets.
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Why it is difficult for Ukraine to destroy Russian Iskanders
Roman Kostenko said that Russian Iskander systems can pack up and leave their positions 3-4 minutes after launching a ballistic missile. This, in turn, greatly complicates destroying them.
“We don't see them moving into position; we register the launch. After the launch they need three to four minutes to gather and drive away. In three to four minutes only a ballistic missile could reach them,” the deputy said.
He added that the situation could be improved by Ukraine having long-range missiles. As an example, Kostenko named ATACMS missiles with a range of 150-300 km.
As Novyny.LIVE reported, on 27 August the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that Russia for the first time during one of the strikes used an upgraded Iskander ballistic missile “Iskander-1000” against Kyiv. It has a more powerful engine and can hit targets at distances up to 550 km.
We also wrote that, according to People's Deputy Roman Kostenko, the first Ukrainian short-range ballistic missile could already be ready by winter. According to him, the Ukrainian ballistic system “Sapsan” is already ready, but it needs to be scaled up and further developed.
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