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Questions about Ukraine’s air defense? Ask them for our next episode of ‘This Week in Ukraine’ (Patreon)

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2023-05-16 17:46:35
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We need your questions for the next episode of “This Week in Ukraine.” The topic is the work of Ukraine’s air defense.

To send in your questions, you can leave them in the comments below, message us on Patreon, or email community manager Brooke at brooke@kyivindependent.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

Episode 7, “Why Russia relies on private militaries, like Wagner, for its war effort” is linked above. The episode is available on YouTube and on listening platforms, with your questions starting at 23:40.

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Why Russia relies on private militaries, like Wagner, for its war effort | This Week in Ukraine Ep.7

“This Week in Ukraine” is a video podcast hosted by Kyiv Independent’s reporter Anastasiia Lapatina. Every week, Anastasiia sits down with her newsroom colleagues to discuss Ukraine’s most pressing issues. Episode #7 is dedicated to Russian private military companies, how they operate, and the role they play in Russia's war against Ukraine. Anastasiia is joined by the Kyiv Independent reporter Igor Kossov. Listen to the audio version of the podcast – http://bit.ly/3M2wtV9 The Kyiv Independent: Twiter – https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/kyivindependent Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/kyivindepen... Anastasiia Lapatina: Twitter – https://twitter.com/lapatina_ Igor Kossov: Twitter – https://twitter.com/IgorKossov The episode was edited by Anna Yakutenko.

Comments

Tegan H

So incredibly happy about the performance of the air defense today. Congratulations and Slava! The most surprising was that the supersonic missiles could be intercepted! Has Ukraine moved the state of the art forward here on interception?

Mario Wolczko

How many of the hypersonic missiles are left in the aggressor's inventory? In January you reported 43 -- how many now?

David Farning

If anyone is interested in an introduction on how the MIM-104 Patriot works, there is a great resource on Ryan McBeth's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDJgQErMSdA . A key thing to remember is that these systems do not act independently. Instead, they need to be networked together with other intelligence gather systems such as AWACs planes, ISR drones, and even satellite assets. Detections , Identifications, and decisions must happen with minutes, if not seconds, in order to assign the best asset to shoot down the incoming threat. This becomes especially complicated considering the cost of these weapons. Each patriot missile costs $3-4 million per shot. It would not take long to run out of money shooting patriot missiles at cheap Iranian drones at $20,000 apiece. So, once identified, more inexpensive systems such as Gepard anti-aircraft guns are assigned to take out the cheap drones. These decision have to happen within minutes of detection.

MackenzieJ

Given the recent speculation on Lukaschenko's health, I'd like to know your thoughts on whether the people of Belarus might try restarting their protest and opposition movements again? Thank you for all your amazing work!

Christian Fürst

Is modern air-defence systems like Iris-T (German) or now Patriot the reason, why Russia's Air Force hasn't really dared to attack Ukaine with an all-out bombardment? from your reporting it seems Russian planes hardly break into Ukrain's air-space inside the un-occupied areas

Trever Blanco

Are there any plans for air defense in the coming offensive? Will ground forces have mobile AA units such as Gepards accompanying them?

Fran

Can Ukrainian planes bomb Russian ships in the Black Sea?

Anne-M. Picard

Have many Russian civilians left Crimea fearing Ukrainian air strikes?