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At a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has given instructions to develop a solution to prevent prolonged air-raid warnings due to the take-off of MiG fighter jets from paralysing the country.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on 17 November that the air defence level in Ukraine allows for modernising the reaction to takeoff of Russian MiG aircraft and Kindzhal missiles carriers, and there is no need to halt all the activities throughout Ukraine.
The decision on whether to cancel an air-raid warning for the time of long-lasting flights of the Russian MiG-31K fighter jets can only be made by the top leadership of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the threat of missile attacks with Kindzhal missiles remains real.
An air-raid warning was issued throughout Ukraine due to the take-off of a MiG-31K fighter jet, which can carry Kh-47 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. The air-raid warning lasted about 2 hours and 40 minutes.
Ukraine's Air Force has reported that a Russian MiG-31K fighter jet refuelled twice in the air during a flight on 14 November. Source: Colonel Yurii Ihnat, the spokesman for the Air Force, on air with the We Are Ukraine TV channel Quote: "This is not a record [of an air-raid warning's duration - ed.