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Two repairmen, who had been adjusting Russian attacks on the positions of mobile fire groups in the city of Kharkiv, have been detained. Source: Prosecutor General's Office; Security Service of Ukraine Details: According to the investigation, since February 2024, two repairmen from Kharkiv have been providing the Russians with information necessary to conduct air attacks on the city of Kharkiv.

Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk has shown the combat capabilities of mobile fire groups in Kherson Oblast, which shot down six Russian kamikaze drones on the night of 5-6 April. Source: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukraine's Air Force, on Telegram Quote: "On the night of 5-6 April 2024, six Shaheds were downed by mobile fire groups of the Kherson anti-aircraft missile brigade! The video shows the combat work of Kherson brigade soldiers against enemy assault UA...

A mobile Defence Forces fire group downed a Russian Kalibr cruise missile during a Russian attack on the night of 5-6 April. Source: Illia Yevlash, Head of Public Relations Service of Ukraine's Air Force, on the air of the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: "Mobile groups yielded excellent results.

Russian forces launched four Shahed loitering munitions to attack Ukraine on the night of 2-3 April, with Ukrainian air defence units destroying all of them. Source: Ukraine's Air Force on Telegram Quote from the Air Force: "The Shaheds have been shot down by mobile fire groups of Ukraine's Defence Forces over Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad and Cherkasy oblasts.

Experts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that Russia is stepping up its defences to counter Ukrainian drones, although it is unlikely that it will be able to deploy mobile fire groups on the necessary scale.

A total of 10 Russian Shahed drones were shot down over Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts by fire groups from Ukraine's Defence Forces and Air Force anti-aircraft missile units on the night of 27-28 February.

For the second year in a row, Ukraine has been facing Iranian Shahed drones in Russian attacks. Defence forces have established mobile fire groups to counter this threat more effectively. The State Border Guard Service has shared insight and posted footage of them intercepting drones in the southern part of the country.

Mobile fire groups shot down 5 out of 10 targets destroyed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kyiv front while defending against the Russian Shaheds' strike on the night of 10-11 February. Source: Serhii Naiev, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on Telegram Details: Mobile groups armed with anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine guns.

Ukraine’s air defense managed to neutralize 41 of the 46 Shahed kamikaze drones Russian occupying forces launched on Ukraine overnight on Dec. 6, Ukraine’s Air Force announced on Telegram.

Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, has expressed his gratitude to the sergeants, who, among other things, are in charge of mobile fire groups that engage Russian Shahed kamikaze drones every night, and released a video of their combat work on 18 November, a Sergeant's Day in Ukraine.