Russia's weapons arsenal contains over 1,950 strategic missiles and 1000’s of drones, the information outlet RBC-Ukraine reported on June 21, citing a press release from Ukraine's navy intelligence company (HUR).
In line with HUR, the figures replicate Russia's stockpiles as of June 15.
All through Might and June, Russia has launched a sequence of mass missile and drone assaults towards Ukrainian cities — together with a large-scale strike towards Kyiv on June 17 that left 30 lifeless and over 170 injured. Russia has repeatedly shattered its personal drone report in assaults on Ukraine previously month.
Russia's missile shares embody as much as 500 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, HUR advised RBC-Ukraine, in addition to as much as 150 hypersonic Kinzhal missiles. Moscow additionally has as much as 60 North Korean-made KN-23 ballistic missiles.
Along with ballistics, Russia possesses as much as 300 Iskander-Okay cruise missiles, as much as 260 Kh-101 cruise missiles, as much as 280 Kh-22/Kh-32 cruise missiles, and over 400 Kalibr cruise missiles.
Russia produces as much as 195 missiles per thirty days, HUR mentioned.
Moscow additionally goals to ramp up drone manufacturing from 170 to 190 items per day, in response to HUR. As of June 15, Russia had over 6,000 Shahed-type assault drones and over 6,000 Gerberas, an inexpensive decoy model that imitates the Shahed.
Russia's arsenal highlights Ukraine's pressing want for extra air protection methods, one thing President Volodymyr Zelensky has been repeatedly lobbying Western companions to supply.
Zelensky introduced on June 20 that Ukraine is boosting manufacturing of interceptor drones to fight the rising numbers of Shahed UAVs launched by Russia every evening. Ukraine can be producing its personal missiles and not too long ago introduced that its domestically produced Sapsan ballistic missile had entered serial manufacturing.
The president hopes to safe extra funding for protection manufacturing from allies on the upcoming NATO summit.
Russia has paired its intensifying nightly assaults with escalated rhetoric about its territorial ambitions in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 20 declared that "all of Ukraine" belongs to Russia, suggesting the Kremlin is trying to increase its unlawful occupation .
Russian forces at present occupy 5 Ukrainian areas: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
The Kyiv IndependentKate Tsurkan