A Kyiv Post analysis shows Russia spent $1.7 billion in May on weapons that were mostly unsuccessfully in attacks on Ukraine.
's military attempted to attack Ukraine with more than 500 missiles and"kamikaze" drones in May at a cost of more than $1.7 billion.'s report came after Russia's massive drone offensive this past weekend on Kyiv. The Institute for the Study of War , a U.S. think tank, said Tuesday that those—one of the largest offensives against the capital city during the war—were unsuccessful.
A Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile is seen on May 12 at a Kyiv exhibition showing the remains of missiles and drones that Russia used to attack Ukraine's capital. A new report says about 90 percent of Russian missiles—such as the Kinzhal—were successfully shot down by Ukraine's air defenses in May.A large portion of the Russian projectiles destroyed by the air defenses were incoming drones, of which 362 were destroyed for a neutralization percentage that was over 90 percent.
The missile responsible for the most money lost is the one that Russia used the most during May: Kh101-555s. Thet said 114 of these missiles were deployed—and 106 destroyed—by Ukraine, at an estimated cost of $1.48 billion.The data from the Ukrainian armed forces used by the. However, a May study released by the Center for Strategic and International Studies , a U.S. think tank, also documented what it called Russia's"strategically ineffective" missile strikes campaign.
Ian Williams, the author of the CSIS study, attributed Ukraine's"increasing success in intercepting Russian cruise missiles" to an"influx of Western air defenses systems in October and November 2022."
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