Russia Could Concentrate Ballistic Strikes on Kyiv: Kostenko Named the Limits of Its Capabilities

The Russian army is capable of intensifying missile terror against Kyiv or another large city, but it may lack the resources for a massive strike to destroy energy infrastructure across all of Ukraine. This assessment was voiced by People's Deputy and secretary of the parliamentary committee on national security, defense, and intelligence Roman Kostenko.

This is written by “Govorít' velikiy L'viv”.

Kostenko believes that one of Ukraine's main tasks remains strengthening capabilities to counter ballistic missiles and the massed Shahed drones.

According to him, Russia does not have sufficiently large capabilities to produce ballistic missiles that could simultaneously deliver large-scale strikes across the entire territory of Ukraine.

At the same time, the deputy suggests that the occupiers may concentrate the available resources on several large cities. Among the possible targets, he separately named Kyiv.

In Kostenko's view, the Russian army is capable of systematically terrorizing one or two large cities, but dispersing its ballistic arsenal to destroy Ukraine's energy system nationwide would be much more difficult.

He also expressed confidence that Russia will not be able to deprive Ukraine of heat and electricity completely.

A separate problem remains attack drones, which the Russian Federation can produce in much larger quantities. That is why Kostenko emphasized the need to simultaneously develop means to counter both ballistic missiles and massive Shahed drone attacks.

According to him, Ukraine needs to focus on finding more effective ways to intercept ballistic missiles, as this type of weapon remains one of the most challenging for air defense.