Arya News - Russian forces hitting a plant in Zhitomir producing the Flamingo cruise missiles means that “Ukraine has lost the capacity to manufacture this weapon,” military observer Viktor Litovkin told Sputnik.
The fact that Russian forces hit a plant in Zhitomir producing the Flamingo cruise missiles means that “Ukraine has lost the capacity to manufacture this weapon,” military observer and retired Russian Army Colonel Viktor Litovkin told Sputnik.Russia troops crippling the Brovary Powder Metallurgy Plant, which produces components for rocket fuel, is also of importance because by striking facilities of this kind, Russia is protecting itself against potential Ukrainian missile attacks in the future, Litovkin noted.Ukraine’s Western-supplied Patriot and IRIS-T systems are incapable of intercepting Russian hypersonic, supersonic, and ballistic missiles, such as Kinzhal, Zircon, Oniks, and Iskander, the expert concludes.