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A private air defense group in Kharkiv Oblast shot down a jet-powered high-speed Shahed drone — the first time Ukraine’s newly formed private air defense network has intercepted the faster variant, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced. The network has expanded from one enterprise-based group and plans to form similar units at 13 other factories, as reported in late March, to 19 groups now, according to Fedorov, all integrated into the Air Force’s unified command system. The privately run air defense groups are part of Ukraine’s broader effort to spread air defense responsibilities more widely and ease pressure on regular military units as Russia launches large-scale drone attacks every day to overwhelm defenses along multiple axes at once. Ukraine has responded to the daily Russian air attacks by combining every available tool into a layered system that no single component could provide on its own. The privately run group actively shoots down the Russian Shaheds in Kharkiv Oblast, Fedorov said. The jet-powered variant of this drone is the hardest target the groups have faced so far. "This is a new level of difficulty: the enemy is scaling the use of jet drones — faster and harder to intercept," the minister noted. Ukraine is systematically building a multi-layered air defense system and strengthening sky protection, per President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s instruction, Fedorov added. This includes military assets ranging from mobile fire groups armed with machine guns to interceptor drone teams, up to advanced air defense systems and military aviation. A military branch focused on interceptor drones, established in September 2025, has reinforced that effort. Now, the latest addition to this multilayered defense is the privately run air-defense groups. "One of the elements of this system is private groups that strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure," the minister wrote. The project’s goal is to quickly scale defensive capacity without burdening combat units, Fedorov said. The groups are armed and integrated into the Unified Air Force Command System of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, operating as part of the overall air defense architecture. In March, Fedorov noted that all groups operated at different stages of readiness — some were already performing combat missions, others were still in training. Now the minister says the next step is scaling both the number of groups and their results: more downed targets and faster response to threats. Ukraine’s private air defense network first confirmed shootdowns of regular Shaheds — Iranian-designed Shahed-131 and Shahed-136 long-range kamikaze drones, capable of reaching almost anywhere in Ukraine — and a Zala reconnaissance UAV in late March 2026, when 14 enterprises had joined the project. The Geran-3, Russia’s improved version of the Iranian Shahed-238, is a turbojet-powered one-way attack drone derived from the Shahed-136, with cruising speeds of 300-350 km/h and a range of 2,500 km. It presents a distinct challenge. Ukraine’s interceptor drone industry has been pushed to develop systems capable of exceeding 450 km/h, specifically to counter it.
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