It was necessary to drive a little and go to the lowest. The heights of Kiev give way to fields and then to the banks of the Dnieper. Two military vehicles are parked: a simple SUV and a jeep with a Stinger missile launcher. Dmitry*, the commander of the mobile unit of the 1129th anti-aircraft regiment, gets out of the SUV after his men. “Here we are in one of our battle positions, he explains. Critical to the combat position is its location, away from civilian housing and close to a passageway for Russian drones. So always below because drone fly close to the ground to avoid our radars.Dmitri seems to be commenting on random traffic.The river is an artery through which drones ascend to Kyiv. Highways also, especially given their low speed of around 180 km/h, drones can be mistaken for traffic by radars.”
An air signal is coming on. Men cleaning the Stinger missile launcher…
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Source: Le Figaro
I am David Wyatt, a professional writer and journalist for Buna Times. I specialize in the world section of news coverage, where I bring to light stories and issues that affect us globally. As a graduate of Journalism, I have always had the passion to spread knowledge through writing.