In the south of Ukraine, exercises of air defense units were held to counter the landing of troops, live firing was not conducted. About it reported on Facebook Operational Command “South” of the country’s armed forces.
“We worked out the practical actions of the personnel during the attack of a mock air and ground enemy,” the statement said.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine also indicated that the air defense units were replenished with experienced military personnel, most of whom have combat experience gained during the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.
The State Department called on Russia to explain the exercises near Ukraine
A day earlier, on January 28, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it was working out the crews of the Buk anti-aircraft missile systems to destroy air targets of a mock enemy. The exercises were held in the Kursk region at the training ground “Inns” 100 km from the border with Ukraine. The military worked out both the destruction of low-flying small unmanned aerial vehicles and the elimination of large equipment – bombers and fighters of a mock enemy.