The Main Intelligence Directorate Revealed Details of an Unusual Operation to Defend Kyiv
The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) demonstrated an operation to defend the capital, during which Katran unmanned platforms were used to carry interceptor drones and radar equipment.
The operation was conducted in September by the GUR’s FERRATA active operations unit—which includes the “Black Sea Legion” naval detachment—in conjunction with the Ukrainian Air Force and other components of the Security and Defense Forces.
The Katran unmanned platforms became an unusual element of the air defense system. They were used as carriers for interceptor drones and radar reconnaissance equipment.
In other words, some of the assets used to detect and intercept aerial targets operated not from traditional ground positions, but from unmanned platforms on the water.
At the same time, FERRATA operators practiced coordinating this unmanned component with F-16 crews.
The Main Intelligence Directorate explains that all of this was part of a multi-tiered, layered air defense system: various assets operated as a unified system to detect and destroy enemy targets both in the air and on the water.
The released footage shows the FERRATA command post in action during this operation and the coordination of various defense components.
The video was released by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
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