Stay updated with breaking news from Ire Groups. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
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.