More than 900 fire groups protect Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
When Ukraine receives equipment from partners, stationary fire groups are turned into mobile ones so that they can act more effectively. There are currently about 500 MVGs operating in Ukraine, the rest are stationary. The commander of the National Guard of Ukraine, Alexander Pivnenko, stated this in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
According to him, the United States of America is helping to strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure. And recently, the Defense Forces received the first vehicles with “interesting equipment” from the American government.
We are testing this protection system and will transfer it to training centers. Also, foreign partners are helping us with long-range detection radars to destroy the “Shaheds,” he noted.
The commander said that fire groups of the National Guard were involved for the effective operation of the air defense system. These units are led by the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the NSU works to equip and train them.
The group has tablets that show what is flying and where. There are different weather conditions, different flight altitudes of the Shaheds, and therefore the effectiveness is different. But the level of work of these groups is growing, and accordingly, the level of protection of our infrastructure is growing, Pivnenko added.
Let us recall that on November 11, at the Supreme Commander’s Headquarters, a decision was made to increase the number of mobile fire groups in regions that are priority targets for Russian aggression. At previous meetings of the Headquarters, a decision was made to better prepare and equip these groups.
And The Guardian reported that the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ordered air defense units to release more people to send them to the front as infantry. Even soldiers who have undergone military training in the West are sent to the combat zone.
Source: Interfax-Ukraine
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