Ill-equipped And Tired: A Night With A Ukrainian Air Defence Unit

Source: International Business Times

The sophisticated air defence systems are reserved for fending off Russian missile attacks on high-priority targets and larger cities AFP A menacing buzz reverberates through the night sky in eastern Ukraine. Explosions ring out, flashes illuminate sunflower fields below and the smell of gunpowder poisons the air. "There! Three kilometres away!" shouted one Ukrainian serviceman in the air defence unit equipped with Soviet-era weapons and tasked with intercepting Russian drones, before they home in on Ukrainian towns and cities.