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International Business Times
International Business Times
World
Matias Civita

Ukraine's Strikes Deep Into Russia Are Draining Its Air Defenses at an 'Unsustainable Rate': Report

(Credit: Andrey Borodulin/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine's increasingly effective campaign of deep strikes inside Russian territory may be exposing a growing weakness in Moscow's air defenses, with intelligence assessments suggesting the country is running low on a key category of interceptor missiles, according to a new report.

A CBS News report citing three Ukrainian officials familiar with intelligence estimates detailed that Russia is facing a shortage of S-300 interceptor missiles, a Soviet-designed surface-to-air defense system that has long been a cornerstone of the country's layered air defense network.

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