The expert emphasized that the probability that the “Cheetah” or a person with a MANPADS will be standing in the place where the missile will fly is very small.

Military expert Oleg Zhdanov does not rule out the possibility that the Russian military, which is engaged in programming the flight paths of missiles during attacks on Ukraine, can pass this information to Ukrainian intelligence.

As he noted during the broadcast on his YouTube channel, one of the components of the successful struggle of our air defense can be the fact that the Ukrainian military knows approximately where the enemy’s missiles will fly.

“The probability that the Cheetah anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery installation or a person with a MANPADS will be standing in the place where the missile will fly is very small. The fact that the Russian military, which is engaged in programming the flight routes of the missile, can “spill” this information through some intelligence sources, I suppose. It is possible that one of the components of the success of our fight against missile attacks of the Russian Federation may be that we roughly know the areas or routes that these missiles take,” Zhdanov explained.

Russian missile strikes on Ukraine

Since the first massive shelling of Ukraine on October 10, 2022, Russia has already carried out eight such attacks. The last missile attack took place on December 5. Within an hour – from 12:40 to 13:40 – the air alarm sounded in each of the regions, with the exception of the occupied Crimea.

During the previous shelling by the occupiers, Ukrainian air defense shot down more than 60 enemy missiles out of 70 launched. Russia attacked Ukraine both from the air and from the sea.

The representative of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat explained that the preparation for such attacks lasts more than one day. According to him, the occupiers need a lot of time and a large amount of information when planning the next attack.