Since the beginning of 2024, the Russian military has significantly escalated its aerial bombardment of Ukrainian positions, dropping 3,500 aerial bombs, averaging about 45 bombs per day, in just three months, as reported by Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Ivan Gavrilyuk. This marks a 16-fold increase compared to the entirety of 2023. The intensified bombing campaign has led to a 70% increase in Ukrainian Armed Forces casualties this year. The lack of serious defense lines built in 2023 has been highlighted as a major issue contributing to the current situation. In response, Ukraine has initiated the production of missiles with a range exceeding 640 km and is developing an air defense system similar to NASAMS, as stated by Minister of Strategic Industries, Oleksandr Kamyshin. These developments come amid reports of Russia's continued capacity to produce significant numbers of ballistic and cruise missiles, over 115 per month, despite a recent decrease in missile strikes.
Notably, Russia has launched relatively few missile strikes over the past month and their production capacity for ballistic and cruise missiles is more than 115 per month, according to Ukrainian officials. Graph from @konrad_muzyka. https://t.co/ySnGJM9v5C https://t.co/Nhd03NPi7t
Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ has begun producing a missile with a range of over 645km, according to Ukraineโs Minister of Strategic Industries (Washington Post) https://t.co/DgBtd81tXY
Ukraine has begun production of missiles with a range of more than 640 km last month, WaPo reports. Ukroboronprom also independently produces Soviet-style shells of 122 mm and 152 mm caliber, mortar shells and military equipment. Production of the scarce 155mm shells willโฆ https://t.co/JJnsncfGLO
Ukraineโs minister of strategic industries, Oleksandr Kamyshin, said last month that Ukraine had deployed a locally made missile with a range of more than 400 miles (640km). He did not provide details. Air defense systems with high-precision missiles, similar to the U.S. andโฆ https://t.co/Auqv6e16DT
๐บ๐ฆ Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Kamyshin in an interview with WP: ๐ Last month, Ukraine began production of missiles with a range of more than 640 km. ๐ An air defense system similar to the American and Norwegian ones (NASAMS) is being developed. https://t.co/NXc07h3Jyb
Ukraine says average daily number of bombs used by Russian Aerospace Forces in 2024 has increased 16 times compared to last year. Over 77 days in 2024, more than 3,500 air bombs were dropped on Ukrainian positions. This is an average of about 45 bombs per day and 16 times moreโฆ https://t.co/JT3V23jXPj
โ3,500 aerial bombs were dropped on our positions by Russians in just the first 3 months of 2024โ Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Gavrilyuk https://t.co/N3Dj8cxTrs
Remember the claims that within 2 months of Russia invading Ukraine it would run out of ammunition? Ukraine defence ministry has stated that average number of bombs dropped by the Russian airforce in 2024, on a daily basis, has increased 16 times yoy.
๐บ๐ฆ๐ท๐บโผ๏ธ๐จ โThis year, the enemy dropped more than 3,500 air bombs on the positions of the defense Forces, which is 16 times more compared to 2023.โ - Lieutenant General Gavrilyuk https://t.co/NibsySJWuj
๐บ๐ฆ๐ท๐บโก Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Ivan Havryliuk: โ3,500 air bombs were dropped by the Russian Armed Forces on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in just 3 months of 2024. This is 16 times more than last year.โ https://t.co/9M9cRD3oBd
"Our sources in the General Staff reported that the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have increased by 70% this year, the reason being the massive use of aerial bombs by the enemy. No one has built serious defense lines in 2023, which has become one of the main problems forโฆ
Russian military aviation has dropped 3,500 aerial bombs on positions of Ukrainian troops since the beginning of 2024 , - Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Gavrilyuk This is 16 times more compared to the whole of 2023, the Ukrainian official emphasized.