The 82nd Air Assault Brigade received 20 pickup trucks, UAVs and EW systems from donors
28 January, 2024 Cars and equipment were handed over by the joint efforts of the Come Back Alive Foundation and Ukrnafta on January 22, 2024. Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation The Come Back Alive Foundation, together with Ukrnafta, has covered the needs of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade for transport, radios, drones, optics, and electronic warfare equipment.
This information was reported by the Come Back Alive Foundation. To support this brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Come Back Alive Foundation spent more than UAH 33 million. The soldiers of this brigade are at the forefront of the defense of the Ukrainian South.
In particular, at the expense of the fund's partners, the following equipment was purchased and handed over to paratroopers:
- 20 new Mitsubishi L200 all-wheel drive pickups and 20 additional sets of tires;
- 200 Motorola radios, half of which are car radios;
- 25 DJI Mavic 3E daytime drones;
- 20 DJI Mavic 3T drones equipped with a thermal imager and 30 signal amplifier antennas for the drones;
- 10 portable electronic warfare (EW) systems;
- 10 charging stations;
- 8 optical sights and 6 optical tubes for the brigade's snipers.
Cars and equipment donated jointly by the Come Back Alive Foundation and Ukrnafta, January 2024. Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation
The total cost of assistance is UAH 33,399,605.9. "And this is another successful example of system cooperation between business and the Come Back Alive Foundation team, for which we and our defenders are grateful!
We do not stop! And we urge everyone not to stop with their donations," emphasized the Come Back Alive Foundation team. The charitable foundation added that even the smallest contribution is important "when it comes to helping those who are protecting the future of each of us."
In January, the Come Back Alive Foundation, in collaboration with Ukrnafta, equipped mobile anti-aircraft fire teams with necessary equipment and vehicles. Due to Ukrnafta funds, the Come Back Alive Foundation's team handed over 11 pickups and additional sets of tires, searchlights, 15 thermal imaging optics with machine gun mounts and 15 monoculars, generators, and other equipment worth 13,621,450.4 hryvnias to the mobile anti aircraft fire teams of one of the Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Battalions of the Ukrainian army.
Cars and equipment were handed over by the joint efforts of the Come Back Alive Foundation and Ukrnafta on January 22, 2024. Photo credits: Come Back Alive Foundation
These units are 'hunting' Russian long-range strike drones and cruise missiles.
The main task of such teams is to intercept as many simple and cheap targets as possible, such as Shahed drones, in order to facilitate the work of more powerful anti-aircraft missile systems and preserve their limited ammunition.