https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/42dae9fb-1521-4ac1-9951-222580fa0223 Russia abandoned its strategy of swarming Ukraine with cheap drones, which Ukrainian air defenses have become quite adept at taking down, and is now resorting to barrages of ballistic missiles. “What is happening now is that Russia (...) fired 28 missiles at Kyiv. And the cost per kill ratio, if you’re talking about Patriots, will just go through the roof,” said TVP World’s Editor Matthew Day, pointing out that the cost of Patriot interceptors used by Ukraine comes at $4 million a piece, leaving aside the fact that they cannot be manufactured in large enough numbers and that U.S. itself is quickly running out of its own stocks due to the conflict with Iran. “It basically becomes financially unsustainable” “So you really need cheaper missiles that can be produced in volume, fired in volume, and they can deal with the high-intensity attacks that Russia is using,” explaining that the FREYJA interceptors currently being developed by Ukrainian company FirePoint in collaboration with several European weapons manufacturers may provide an answer, but one that will take at least until the end of next year to develop. Join News in Depth’s host Ashim Kumar and his guest as they discuss the roots of the gap between interceptor missiles’ supply and demand, if bridging it soon is not possible, then what are the alternatives, and how weapons manufacturing is the prime target for both sides of the conflict. Chapters: 00:00 Russia’s intensified missile campaign exposes Ukraine’s air defense gap 04:37 Europe’s own vulnerability to ballistic missiles and FREYJA as a possible answer 10:38 Would striking Russian missile launchers before they fire solve the problem? 14:20 Defense industry as a target and how Ukraine and Russia protect theirs 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #Patriot #Ukraine #Russia Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:56:04 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/42dae9fb-1521-4ac1-9951-222580fa0223 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.