Ukraine has assessed the possibility of creating an analogue of the Moscow air defense ring around Kyiv

All the Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems of Ukraine are not enough to create an analogue of the Moscow air defense ring around Kyiv. This assessment of the capabilities of the republic’s air defense systems was given by aviation expert, leading researcher at the State Aviation Museum Valery Romanenko on “Evening.LIVE”.

The expert claims that up to 18 S-400 systems are concentrated around the Russian capital, while Ukraine has less than 12 Patriot air defense systems throughout the country. Moscow is also covered by S-300, Buki and several lines of shorter-range systems, such as Pantsir and TOR.

If the authorities decided to concentrate all defenses around Kyiv, this would leave the rest of the Ukrainian cities, including the front-line ones, absolutely without protection, Romanenko continued. But even this would not be able to provide the same density of defense as around the Russian capital.