Reznikov names number of precision missiles left in Russia

Reznikov names number of precision missiles left in Russia

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Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov has published an assessment of the remaining missile arsenal in Russia.

He said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

According to Reznikov, as of February 23, 2022, Russian forces were armed with about 900 Iskander ballistic missiles, 500 Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles, 300 Kh-555 air-based cruise missiles, 370 Kh-22 and Kh-32 missiles, 500 Kh-35 missiles, as well as 8,000 missiles for S-300 air defense systems.

Russia also had 470 supersonic Oniks anti-ship missiles and 43 hypersonic Kinzhal missiles.

As of November 18, there were 119 Iskanders, 229 Kalibrs, 150 Kh-555 missiles, 120 Kh-22 and Kh-32 missiles, 356 Kh-35 missiles, 6,980 S-300 missiles, 347 Oniks missiles and 43 Kinzhals left  in the reserves of the Russian troops.

"Four enemies of the Russian missile arsenal: brilliant Ukrainian air defense forces, incompetent Russian rocket forces, sanctions, time. Let's demilitarize the terrorist state in order to live in peace," Reznikov said.

Since October 10, Russian troops have been carrying out massive attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Invaders launch missiles and Iranian drones at power generation facilities and the electricity transmission system.

On November 15, the invaders fired more than 90 cruise missiles on targets across Ukraine. Ukrainian air defense forces intercepted 73 of them.

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