Kiev region builds fortifications and anti-tank trenches to protect the capital from Russian attacks

The region of Kyiv builds new fortifications and anti-tank trenches to protect its residents and the capital, whose mayor, Vitali Klitchkowarned this Sunday that the city was and continues to be the target of Russia.

“We set up defensive lines: dragon’s teeth, anti-tank ditches and other non-explosive barriers. Almost 10,000 concrete pyramids have already been installed and an anti-tank ditch has been built”, reported the head of the Military Administration of the Kiev Region, Ruslan Kravchenkoin your Facebook account.

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He explained that it is about building defensive lines and establishing an effective system of barriers “so that the inhabitants of the region of Kyiv feel as safe as possible”.

Meanwhile, the mayor of Kiev indicated in the German newspaper BILD that Kiev continues to be a target of the Russian president, Vladimir Putinalthough he assured that the city “is much better prepared than two years ago”, when Kremlin troops tried in vain to take the Ukrainian capital.

“If Putin makes this decision (advances towards Kiev again), it will be a bloody decision“, he warned.

Of course, he insisted on the need for more air defense systems.

Kiev is the city best protected by anti-aircraft missiles and Patriot Systemsunlike other Ukrainian cities.

On the 28th, the head of the Military Administration of the City of Kiev Sergui Popkoannounced that the capital’s security will be reinforced following the latest Russian attacks with ballistic missiles and threats of Russia increase the number of bombings against civilian objects, authorities in the Ukrainian capital reported this Thursday.

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Added to the attacks were the arrests of police officers, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who were preparing missile attacks against the television tower in Kiev and units of the General Staff of the Armed Forcesas well as against the energy infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital.

He Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) also detained in Kiev an accomplice of Russian military intelligence (GUR) who attempted to infiltrate the headquarters of the Russian Parachute Command. Ukraine as a chaplain.

The fortifications in the Kiev region are part of the order given by the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskylast fall, when Russia regained the initiative at the front after the summer’s Ukrainian offensive petered out without the expected results.

On the 11th, Zelensky announced that Ukraine is moving forward with the construction of new fortifications on three different lines along the 2,000 kilometers of the contact line, which includes border areas with the Russian Federation.

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This week the president visited the new fortifications being built in the northeastern region of Sumi.

The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denis Shmigalannounced in January an allocation of almost 500 million dollars for the construction of fortifications.

Ukrainian media and experts at the time described the authorities’ decision to reinforce the fortifications as belated, as Russia has been strengthening its defensive lines for more than a year.

Source: Elcomercio

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