Within the early hours and persevering with into the morning of February 7, a staggering 64 aerial projectiles have been launched at Ukraine by the Russian army. These assaults consisted of an assortment of missiles and assault drones. Remarkably, Ukraine’s army claims that they have been in a position to destroy a complete of 44 of the incoming projectiles.
This large assault concerned the deployment of 20 Shahed suicide drones and a various array of 34 missiles, spanning from the Iskander to the S-300, the Caliber to the X-22, and the Kh-101 / Kh-555 / Kh-55. These projectiles have been launched from air, land, and sea sources. In response to Ukrainian officers, they efficiently intercepted and shot down 44 of those airborne threats with their air protection programs, aviation amenities, and cellular hearth squads.
An informative report from Financial Reality means that this single assault on Ukraine carries a staggering price ticket exceeding $420 million. These calculations are made by including up the person manufacturing prices of every ordnance.
Appr. $423 million
The weapons stock, as reported by the Ukrainian Air Power, for Russia’s early morning assault on February 7 included: 20 Shahed-136/131 assault UAVs; 29 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles; 4 Kh-22 cruise missiles; 3 Kalibr cruise missiles; 3 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 5 S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles.
The Shahed-136/131 UAVs have a price ticket starting from a lower-end price of US$49,000 for domestically manufactured items to a excessive of US$290,000 for overseas imports, particularly from Iran. To calculate the prices, the median value was set on the Iranian import value of $193,000. This places the value tag for 20 Shahed assault UAVs at roughly US$3.9 million for Russia.
The Kh-22 missile has an estimated price of US$1 million per unit, leading to a complete launch price of US$4 million. The Kh-101 missiles carry a important per unit price of US$13 million, which propels the entire expenditure on these missiles alone to a powerful US$377 million.
S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles additionally require substantial expenditure for Russia, costing a minimum of US$2 million every. This provides one other US$10 million to the entire price. The price of a single Kalibr missile, as quoted by Protection Specific, is US$6.5 million, thereby accounting for an extra US$19.5 million spent on the assault.
Iskander-M ballistic missiles aren’t low cost both, with each estimated to price round US$3 million. Russia’s use of them within the assault might have price them roughly US$9 million. When all these bills are totaled, the fee incurred by Russia within the early morning assault on Ukraine on February 7 surges to an astonishing complete of US$ 423.4 million.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On February 21, 2022, Russia acknowledged that its border facility was attacked by Ukrainian forces, ensuing within the deaths of 5 Ukrainian fighters. Nevertheless, Ukraine shortly dismissed these allegations, labeling them as ‘false flags’.
In a notable transfer on the identical day, Russia introduced it formally acknowledged the self-proclaimed areas of DPR and LPR. Apparently, in keeping with Russian President Putin, this recognition lined all of the Ukrainian areas. Following this declaration, Putin despatched a battalion of Russia’s army forces, tanks included, into these areas.
Quick ahead to February 24, 2022, international headlines have been dominated by a important incident. Putin commanded a forceful army assault on Ukraine. Led by Russia’s spectacular Armed Forces positioned on the Ukrainian border, this assault wasn’t spontaneous however a premeditated motion. Regardless of the circumstances resembling a battle, the Russian authorities refrains from utilizing this time period. They’d quite seek advice from it as a “particular army operation”.
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