Ukrainian troops strengthen Kyiv’s third ring of defence

Friday, 18 March 2022, 16:22

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are working to strengthen Kyiv’s third, outermost ring of defence.

Source: Oleksandr Gruzevych, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Command of the Land Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, during a briefing at the Media Centre of Ukraine

Quote: "Kyiv is the main strategic objective of our enemy. The capital did not surrender in three days as the occupiers planned, thanks not only to the work of the military but also all law enforcement agencies and defence forces.

Today, along the Right Bank, the enemy is stopped for almost 70 km, which makes it impossible to fire, except for rocket fire. The enemy has been stopped on the Left Bank.

But the enemy is cynically shooting at our infrastructure. The main routes of attack are blocked for the enemy. Every city is preparing like a defensive fort. Earlier, two circles of defence were created. In the Brovary and Boryspil directions, the enemy abandoned their attack. The Ukrainian Armed Forces is working to strengthen the third, outermost ring of defence."

Details: According to Gruzevych, there is an air defence system around the capital. Unfortunately, the missiles that are being hit are falling on the city and damaging the infrastructure.

The two difficult directions from which the aggressor is launching missiles are from the Black Sea and from Belarus. An effective system that tries to destroy missiles on approach has been developed. Work on a system that will minimise the impact of missiles on civilians is under way, Gruzevych noted.

He added that an effective anti-sabotage system has been set up in Kyiv, and in recent days sabotage and reconnaissance groups with a total number of more than 100 people have been found and destroyed. During the whole period, more than 35 sabotage and reconnaissance groups were destroyed in the capital.