{"id":488021,"date":"2022-02-16T09:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T07:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=488021"},"modified":"2022-02-16T08:44:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T06:44:58","slug":"ukraine-forces-in-missile-launch-exercise-near-border-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-forces-in-missile-launch-exercise-near-border-with-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine forces in missile launch exercise near border with Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>February 15, Ukraine&#8217;s Armed Forces performed military drills, firing from NLAW anti-tank missile systems and M-141 grenade launchers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The servicemen worked out reaching the firing line and completed the initial exercise of firing NLAW anti-tank missile systems and M-141 grenade launchers at fixed targets, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pressjfo.news\/posts\/313098054178845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press service<\/a> of Joint Forces Operation reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/273813324_313097614178889_30272729228321286_n-690x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"488024\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/273813324_313097614178889_30272729228321286_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/?attachment_id=488024\" class=\"wp-image-488024\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/273623613_313097657512218_664665959415180448_n-690x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"488023\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/273623613_313097657512218_664665959415180448_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/?attachment_id=488023\" class=\"wp-image-488023\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/274103570_313096837512300_3655992597187820028_n-690x459.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"488022\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/274103570_313096837512300_3655992597187820028_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/?attachment_id=488022\" class=\"wp-image-488022\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 18, the UK began supplying Ukraine with anti-tank weapons to help it defend against a potential Russian invasion, which has amassed troops near the border with Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read also: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/poland-approves-free-military-assistance-to-ukraine\/\">Poland approves free military assistance to Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Academy of Land Forces named after Hetman Petro Sahaydachny began to prepare the Ukrainian military for the use of NLAW anti-tank missile systems delivered to Ukraine from the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-begins-blizzard-2022-defense-drills\/\">Ukraine begins Blizzard-2022 defense drills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan. 19, British defense secretary Ben Wallace told the U.K. had already delivered 2,000 NLAWs to Ukraine, a number he indicated might continue to rise. The missiles were London\u2019s way of providing defensive aid to Kyiv as Russian forces deploying around Ukraine\u2019s borders give the impression a new invasion may be imminent. The British Army also dispatched 30 paratroopers to train Ukrainian forces in operating the NLAWs, which were undoubtedly chosen in part for their ease of use, and thus ability to be rapidly adopted by Ukrainian forces facing the current crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, West\u2019s military assistance to Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/west-s-military-assistance-to-ukraine-amounted-to-1-5-billion-pm\/\">amounted to $ 1.5 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 15, Ukraine&#8217;s Armed Forces performed military drills, firing from NLAW anti-tank &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":488026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36420,55],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-488021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-ukraine-en","category-ukraine-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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