In Kyiv and its environs during February, the share of interceptor drones in the destruction of Shaheds was over 70%. This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi on Facebook, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
Syrskyi noted that the key role in countering russian strike drones of the Shahed type is transferred to interceptor UAVs.
"Despite the significant deterioration of weather conditions and the shortage of means of destruction, in February we did not allow a decrease in the indicators of "small air defense". Over the past month, our interceptor drones carried out about 6,300 sorties, destroying more than one and a half thousand russian UAVs of various types," he said.
Syrskyi also noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are finding answers to the new tactics of using Shaheds at extremely low altitudes.
"We are working with manufacturers to increase the effectiveness of the use of various models of interceptor drones. We continue to form and train the crews of these UAVs. We are equipping air defense divisions with unmanned systems," he said.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on March 2, the Cabinet of Ministers allowed the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to provide critical infrastructure enterprises with air defense means for protection.
In February, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that currently 80% of Ukraine's territory remains unprotected from ballistic missile strikes due to an acute shortage of appropriate air defense systems.
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