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Ukraine’s Air Force explains why air defense cannot be placed away from populated areas
Air defense cannot be located away from populated areas, because missiles and drones are mainly targeted by systems with a limited operating range
Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesman for the Air Force Command, told RBC-Ukraine in an interview.
"The main forces that shoot down missiles and drones are anti-aircraft missile units that are located near settlements, near objects, and they protect them more locally, not, as many say, in the fields," he explained.
According to him, Russian propaganda is trying to make people believe that missile and drone fragments are flying at their heads because the Defense Forces specifically deploy air defense in cities.
Ihnat emphasized that the air defense system is located as far away from the city as possible.
"The military leadership made such a decision to maximize the protection of cities and important facilities with the amount of means we have today," said the spokesman.
"This issue can be resolved by the F-16, which is capable of intercepting enemy targets in the fields, as they say, between regions, and perhaps even on the border with Ukraine," he added.
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