Ukraine's Armed Forces increasing creation of mobile air defence groups on northern fronts
The creation of mobile anti-aircraft fire groups is gaining momentum on the northern fronts of Ukraine; they will be located in the areas where Russian UAVs, cruise missiles or aircraft might be actively deployed.
Source: Press service of Joint Forces of Ukraine’s Armed Forces
Quote from Serhii Naiev, the Commander of Joint Forces: "At the first stage of work, 19 air defence groups were created on the basis of powerful Ford F250 and Ford F350 SUVs, which are adapted to combat conditions. They will protect the sky both on the approaches to Kyiv and the airspace over settlements in the north and northwest of Ukraine."
Details: According to him, the task of the groups is, if necessary, to reach a destination, open fire on the given azimuth of an air target’s approach and come back to the place of their deployment just as quickly.
Naiev reiterated that mobile units are already protecting approaches to critical infrastructure facilities in Volyn Oblast, as well as strategic facilities in Sumy Oblast.
On 20 January, the groups received another batch of off-road vehicles capable of moving quickly and hitting air targets, including the Mohajer-6 and Shahed 136 drones.
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