President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the results of the analysis of the massive Russian strike on March 7, during which the enemy used more than 260 air attack aircraft.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in his evening address.
“There was a detailed analysis of today’s Russian strike and the use of our air defense. Usually, after massive attacks, we make such analyzes of combat operations – we identify weaknesses, as well as experience that deserves to be shared. Today we had all the necessary reports on this,” Zelenskyy said.
In total, the Russians used more than 260 air strikes during the March 7 attack: cruise and ballistic missiles, attack drones. According to Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian military responded to the attack as professionally as possible.
“The attack was repelled comprehensively. In particular, we used fighter aircraft – F-16s and French Mirages, which proved to be very good today,” Zelenskyy said.
In his address, the President noted all the pilots of fighter jets, helicopter pilots of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian army, and separately – the units of the 160th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of Odesa, 208th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of Kherson and 540th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of Lviv.