“The commander of the National Guard named the number of fire groups that protect the critical infrastructure of Ukraine December 27, 12:30 Share: A Ukrainian fighter from a mobile air defense unit fires from an anti-aircraft gun (Photo: REUTERS/Maksym Kishka) In Ukraine, 900 fire groups protect critical infrastructure from shelling the aggressor country of the Russian Federation. This was stated by the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine Oleksandr Pivnenko in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine agency on December 27. “We have more than 900”, — write on: ua.news
A Ukrainian fighter from a mobile air defense unit fires from an anti-aircraft gun (Photo: REUTERS/Maksym Kishka)
In Ukraine 900 fire groups provide protection of critical infrastructure from shelling by the aggressor country of the Russian Federation.
This was stated by the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine Oleksandr Pivnenko in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine agency on December 27.
“We have more than 900 fire groups, of which about 500 are mobile fire groups, the rest are stationary. We are improving the quality of work of mobile fire groups and counting on their effectiveness,” he said.
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“The first cars with “interesting equipment” already came from them. We are testing this protection system, we will transfer it to training centers. “Also, foreign partners are helping us with long-range detection radars to destroy the Shahed,” he said.
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Pivnenko also noted that the fire groups of the National Guard are involved in the effective operation of the air defense system under the control of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“We are working on their equipment and training. The group has tablets that show what is flying and where. There are different weather conditions, different flight heights of the Shaheds, and therefore the effectiveness is different. But the level of work of these groups is increasing, accordingly, the level of protection of our infrastructure is increasing,” the commander of the National Guard concluded.
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What is known about the repulsion of the Russian air defense system by the air defense system of Ukraine
On the night of December 26-27, the aggressor country Russia attacked Ukraine with 24 attack drones of the Shahed-131/136 type and other types, as well as two Iskander-M ballistic missiles. Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 13 enemy drones.
As reported by the representatives Air forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, another 11 drones did not reach their targets.
According to Ukrainian officers, Russia launched missiles from the Voronezh and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation, and UAVs from the directions of Orel, Bryansk and Millerovo.
The air attack was repulsed by anti-aircraft missile forces, units of electronic defense systems, mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
The anti-aircraft defense has worked, in particular, in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, Ukrainian officers concluded.