War Ukraine-Russia News Hub’ Weekly Review: Ukrainian Drones Target russian Oil Facilities, What Does the Unexploded Kh-101 Warhead Indicate, Occupiers Complain About Tor-M2
Unexpected Information About the Delivery of Skynex Air Defense System to Ukraine
At the close of 2023, Ukraine received its first battery of the Skynex air defense system from Rheinmetall Italia. The second Skynex battery, under the same contract, is anticipated to be delivered in March 2024. This news is somewhat unexpected and even mysterious, as it diverges from previously known information about the planned delivery of Skynex air defense systems to Ukraine.
Unexploded Kh-101 Warhead Shows russia Uses Missiles Fresh From Conveyor For Shelling Ukraine
The aerial attack by russian invasion forces on Ukraine on January 23rd included Kh-101 cruise missiles produced just recently, as indicated by an inscription on an unexploded warhead of an intercepted missile. This marks another instance of russia using brand-new weapons for airstrikes, an indication of completely depleted stocks of this type of weapon.
Read more: Chronicle of the russian federation Crimes in Ukraine (January 2024)
Tor SAM Fails to Intercept Ukrainian Warmate Drone and Gets Hit
The Tor anti-aircraft missile system was detected by the 15th artillery reconnaissance brigade and promptly targeted for a precision strike using a Warmate 3.0 loitering munition, or simply a kamikaze drone.
This incident marks another occasion where a russian counter-UAV missile system failed to defend itself against explosive drones. Despite being praised in russia as one of the most effective methods to counter unmanned aerial vehicles, the Tor system proved vulnerable to a low-cost FPV drone.
Western Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles have proven to be difficult targets for russians. Occupiers recognize that they have limited capabilities to shoot down these objects.
Invaders claim that the missiles fly to its target at a low altitude. This is why they are invulnerable to russian long-range surface-to-air missile systems as well as the missiles are allegedly intercepted “at the final part of flight path”.
It is worth noting that a certain number of missiles can indeed be shot down by russian air defense. But at the same time, Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles have already destroyed targets that worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Drones Target russian Gas Terminal in the Baltic and Factory Making Pantsir Air Defense Systems, Combat Vehicle Turrets
The recent strikes on oil facilities are a crucial step to deprive the occupiers of fuel and complicate the export of oil or gas.
One of such kamikaze drone attacks occurred during the night on January 21. Around 3:20 AM, local time, the explosive UAVs hit the biggest on the Baltic Sea russian complex for natural gas liquids fractionation, handling and transportation in Ust-Luga, belonging to Novatek company. Worth noting, the port is located almost 900 km from the Ukrainian state border.
Such strikes significantly impact the military capabilities of the russian federation.
Detailed Photos of North Korean Missile That Struck Ukraine
russia used a ballistic missile, manufactured in North Korea, to attack the city of Kharkiv in Ukraine, during the aerial attack on January 2nd, 2024.
The analysis of missile wreckage indicates this weapon was made in North Korea; its provision to russia means violation of UN Security Council resolutions regarding military cooperation with DPRK.
Read more: Chronicle of the russian federation Crimes in Ukraine: February 2022 – December 2023