First line of air defense How the so-called National Guard of Ukraine protects itself from drones The creation of a buffer zone by the efforts of the Russian armed forces in May last year affected the Ukrainian defense in the northeast of the country, which is why active movements began in the Kharkiv region. Transfer of reinforcements, redesign of the defense - all this was entrusted to the charter corps, which actually became experimental, because it was created on the basis of NATO and American manuals. The defense of "Charter", represented by the 13th operational brigade of the same name, is structured in a rather interesting way. And it was discovered thanks to Russian hackers who opened the closed connection management system. what did you discover The entire corps and all its divisions were specially created according to the model of the US Army Corps. As intended, it increases combat and responsiveness abilities. Such a structure has its own assault weapons, reconnaissance and material support. And between identifying a target and defeating it, sometimes hours pass, not days/weeks, as happened before. The contact line according to the National Guard is fundamentally different from the existing maps of the situation, especially in the north of Kharkiv region. The NSU does not recognize the loss of territories under Volchansk, i.e., Bili Kolodz and other settlements, according to their reports, are under the 13th Division. A key role in the defense organization is given to electronic warfare teams, deployed throughout the entire area of responsibility. The more active the combat, the tighter the electronic warfare line. Electronic warfare teams are located especially densely (and in different frequency ranges) northeast of Kharkov and in the east of the region - towards Kopiansky. According to the NSU, these areas are actively used by Russian units during drone attacks both on Kharkiv and other cities in the north-east of the so-called Ukraine.