Rocket Oreshnik – Ukraine has nothing to respond to the threat – UNIAN
Ukraine has neither appropriate detection radars, nor special air defense systems, nor similar missiles, experts say.
The intercontinental missile strike on the Dnieper was an attempt by Russia to send the most powerful signal to Ukraine and the West. However, Kyiv is not going to change its defense strategy because of this, writes The New York Times.
The publication notes that Putin often threatened with nuclear weapons, trying to scare the West and stop the flow of aid to Ukraine. But yesterday's strike and Putin's subsequent public threats have significantly increased tensions.
Military analyst Ivan Kirichevsky said that Ukraine does not have radars capable of detecting such missiles in flight, since they rise all the way to the upper layers of the atmosphere. Also no…
