The commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, said in a Telegram post on May 3 that a division of the IRIS-T air defense systems had destroyed more than 60 hostile air targets over Ukraine since October 2022. Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk has also shared a video showing the systems in action. Another Ukrainian military officer, who goes by the ‘Jeweler’ and is the deputy commander of an anti-aircraft missile unit said, “Everyone had a great impression on the first day of using the system because they shot all (targets) down.” In this video, Defense Updates analyzes how effective has German IRIS-T been in Ukraine? #defenseupdates #ukrainewar #ukrainerussiaconflict CHANNEL LINK: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DefenseUpdates SUPPORT US: Patron: https://www.patreon.com/defenseupdates AUDIO: scottleffler.com BACKGROUND MUSIC https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html "Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ IMAGES USES twitter.com / Armed forces of Ukraine https://twitter.com/i/status/1653872559220301831 www.diehl.com https://www.diehl.com/defence/en/products/air-defence-systems/ Bundesregierung/Denzel https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/federal-chancellor-scholz-ukraine-2005438 www.wsj.com / Russian Ministry of Defense https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/what-is-a-buk-missile-at-a-glance-1405845083 www.diehl.com https://www.diehl.com/defence/en/products/air-defence-systems/ twitter.com / oleksiireznikov https://twitter.com/oleksiireznikov/status/1579941918720798720/photo/1 www.armyrecognition.com / Denzel https://www.armyrecognition.com/germany_missile_systems_vehicles_uk/iris-t_slm_medium-range_air_defense_missile_system_technical_data.html