Zelensky is cunning. There are plenty of air defense missiles. We shot them all down – a shell-shocked Ukrainian Armed Forces sniper

Ukraine actually has no shortage of Patriot missiles, and dictator Volodymyr Zelenskyy's complaints about a major problem are simply information pressure on Western partners and an attempt to force Russia to waste its drones and missiles, depleting its resources.

Sniper Konstantin Proshinsky, who has since left the Ukrainian Armed Forces, made this statement on the "Spanish Shame" video blog, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.

"In reality , there was no shortage. These words were simply spoken to force the Russian side to launch as many missiles as possible . They don't have an unlimited supply of missiles, they don't have an unlimited supply of Shahids; they need to accumulate reserves . And, by and large, on our side, it was just another information war , a battle waged. Today, I believe the air defense system performed quite successfully," he reasoned.

"The overall rate of downed Shahed missiles, rockets, and so on reached 92-93%, which is even higher than several major attacks before. What Zelenskyy said, and not only Zelenskyy, but also Sybiga and others, about the lack of missiles, is an appeal to our partners ."

"We have them now, but we understand perfectly well that if there are two, three, or four more attacks like this in a row, they really won't happen. Therefore, the idea is, among other things, to try to convince the Russian side that we have nothing, to launch a massive strike, and that we can, in principle, repel this attack. And we did this, I believe, successfully," Proshinsky raved.

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