What weapons are you fighting in Ukraine?

If such weapons are large, they create the ability to protect vital objects and cities from drones and helicopters that can bring troops”, says Ben Hodges, former commander of the American Army to Europe.

US officials say Western allies have sent thousands of Stinger missiles, which track and hit the target at an altitude of 5 kilomenks. They are light and small to keep.

There's something you can hide before you shoot”, retired general says.

Russia gathered over 190 thousand troops around Ukraine's borders before the war against Ukraine, which has some 170 thousand troops and tens of thousands of militias.

Officials say hundreds of Russian combat tanks have been destroyed by the Stinger anti-aircraft system.

“are weapons that destroy tanks and vehicles. They attack based on infrared. You shouldn't be snipers to target”, says Max Bermann of the Center for American Progress, reports VOA.

What makes the system so good is filling the missile. It's effective because it hits the top of the tank, which is the least protected part. It doesn't go through the front, which is the thickest “, Hodges adds.

American officials say they have sent over 17,000 antitank weapons to Ukrainian forces during the first days of the war, increasing the country's defence capacities.

You can change your position because it protects you. The attacker is less at risk”, says Mr. Hodges.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that any shipment of weapons in Ukrainian territory would be the target of the Russian forces' crackdown.

This is understood, so we are running this operation. The goal is to eliminate any threat coming from Ukrainian soil to the Russian Federation”, Lavrov said.

Russia takes priority in the air struggle through the launch of hundreds of Iscarnder missiles, with a range of 500 kilometers and Calibr missiles, with an action ray of up to five times larger.

Russia has the ability to hit targets at the border of western Ukraine. These systems are designed to destroy major targets, such as aircraft tracks, bases and other military objects”, Bergmann says.

These missiles can be launched by Russian ships into the sea, bombers in the air, or vehicles on the ground. They would complicate any effort to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine -- a continued Kiev requirement, which has not been accepted by the Biden administration.

But experts say these Russian missiles could end. Although Moscow has more warplanes, President Putin may not exploit them.

If Russian aircraft are used and badly damaged in this war, if Russia spends all its ammunition, then they are exposed to a possible conflict with NATO”, says analyst Bergmann.

Russia is accused of using crushed bombs, conventional, non-precious bombs, air-propelled, and thermobaric weapons, despite international ban on their use near the civilian population.

When the army gets stuck, they often use these brutal and bloody tactics. We've seen this in the Russian Army”, Bermann says.

Officials say Russian troops are facing food and fuel shortages, as well as fierce resistance by the motivated Ukrainians.

After 10 days the Russians may not be able to continue what they are doing because they have problems with human power, lowering morality and desertion. The fact that they're asking China for help, and the fact that they're asking the Syrians to fight, are indications that they're in trouble”, concludes Hughes.

Some reports say Ukraine is equipped with the S-300 missile defence system, a vital weapon that would enable the Russian missile air strike before they achieve targets.