Crews of man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) “Verba” and anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) “Strela-10” provide protection against air strikes
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Air defense fighters of the Airborne Forces are constantly on combat duty to protect units and subunits from enemy air attack and reconnaissance means.
“In the direction of Kherson, units of Russian paratroopers protect the crews of the Verba man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) and the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) from air attacks,” comments the images of the Work of combat of anti-aircraft paratroopers in the Russian Ministry of Defense.
From their initial positions, they skillfully shot down the Ukrainian Verboy drones. They do not allow Ukrainian intelligence agents to fly over the left bank of the Dnieper with impunity.
“To detect and destroy air targets, the paratroopers have equipped a network of air observation points that allows them to instantly detect and destroy enemy aircraft,” the military department explained.
During the preparation of the news, the fighters of the “winged infantry” shot down three reconnaissance drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including “Valkyrie”, “Fury” and “Leleka-100”.
And during the entire period of the special military operation, the air defense teams of the Airborne Forces counted hundreds of drones from Ukrainian troops shot down.
Along the entire battle line, our soldiers have eliminated more than 16.5 thousand drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in two years.
