Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announces creation of a new type of troops in the Air Force

Ukraine is creating a new type of troops in the Air Force - unmanned air defense systems. This was announced by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi during a conversation with journalists, the correspondent of LIGA.net .

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According to him, the process is already underway. We are talking about drones-interceptors of domestic and foreign production, which destroy Russian "chessmen" with high efficiency - 70% and more.

"That is why units equipped with these interceptor drones and the command that will deal with these drones are being created and built up," the chief said .

According to Syrsky, interceptor drones are already being used at the front. Also, the Defense Forces are increasing the number of radar stations, increasing the number of personnel and training.

"This process is in full swing, so to speak," emphasized Syrsky .

• on September 4, the head of the Armed Forces announced that Ukraine is creating a tiered system to counteract "Shahed" and "Hernias".
• On September 18, the head of the Defense Ministry said that Ukraine will soon be able to use at least 1000 interceptor drones per day. This number is at least enough to counter 800 Russian UAVs.