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 UAVs.
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.