Why Russian missiles are becoming harder to intercept

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On Tuesday, a Ukrainian official said Russia had 'launched another massive missile attack on the regions, cities and villages of Ukraine.'

Russian forces are switching up their tactics when targeting Ukraine with waves of missile strikes, Ukraine said on Tuesday, after bearing the brunt of a fresh bombardment overnight.

Moscow's troops are programming the flight paths of their missiles to"bypass our air defenses as efficiently as possible, using weak spots, using intelligence data," according to Ukraine's air force spokesperson, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, in remarks reported by Ukrainian media.

"Every day, every week, we work to ensure that our defenders of the sky have more air defense systems and missiles," Ukrainian Presidentsaid earlier this month. Ukraine needs many"more air defense systems than we have now," he added. On Tuesday morning, Ukraine's military said Russia had launched at least 28 cruise missile strikes overnight, using both air and sea-launched weapons.

Moscow's forces fired four Kh-22 missiles and 20 Kh-101 and Kh-555 missiles from aircraft, and four Kalibr cruise missiles from a Russian frigate based in the Black Sea, Ukraine's air force said in a statement.In a post to Telegram, the deputy head of Zelensky's presidential office, Oleksiy Kuleba, said Russia had"launched another massive missile attack on the regions, cities and villages of Ukraine.

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