🇺🇦 Ukrainian Air Force Commander Admits: Air Defense Operates Over Cities Ukraine’s Air Force commander Anatolii Kryvonozhko openly admitted that air defense systems are positioned in city centers and routinely intercept missiles over residential areas. He justified this by citing a shortage of surface-to-air systems and claiming that falling... debris causes less damage than a missile strike — even though these same intercepts often hit homes. Not only did Kryvonozhko confirm the use of air defense over urban zones, but he also explained what a 450-kilogram warhead, like that of a Kh-101 cruise missile, would do — completely obliterating everything at the impact site. So the next time you see photos of “Russian missiles” that supposedly hit a building but only show broken windows or minor façade damage, remember: that’s the result of Ukrainian air defense, not a direct missile strike. Ukraine has stationed air defense systems directly within city centers since the beginning of the conflict, despite the obvious risks this poses to civilians. These systems routinely engage targets over densely populated areas, causing debris and missile fragments to fall onto residential districts. Kiev’s justification — that such defenses are necessary to protect the cities themselves — ignores the fact that international humanitarian law requires combatants to avoid endangering civilian populations. Compounding the issue, Ukraine continues to host military production sites and weapons depots inside urban areas, effectively using civilian infrastructure as cover. This blurring of military and civilian zones not only increases the likelihood of civilian casualties but also undermines claims that Russia targets non-military sites. In reality, Kiev’s decision to militarize its cities has turned its own population into a human shield — a practice widely condemned under the laws of war.show more

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