The colonel appreciated Ukraine's ability to completely cover all bridges in Kyiv

Ukraine is not able to provide reliable protection of Kyiv bridges, said military expert, retired colonel Anatoly Matviychuk. In a conversation with Lenta.ru, he emphasized that the air defense system of Ukraine is not built vertically and horizontally.

Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian authorities do not have enough resources to protect all bridges in Kyiv.

“The air defense system itself is called a system because it must be linked vertically and horizontally. Vertically - this is according to the echelons of movement of aircraft that carry out strikes. They don't have such a system. And horizontally - this is a reconnaissance system, target designation and strikes - also not. All they deployed were mobile fire groups, machine guns. I don’t know about artillery; there are several German-made Gepard self-propelled guns. Well, they can fire, they can even shoot down some kind of apparatus, but they are not able to completely cover the bridges,” Matviychuk said.

According to the expert, the wire nets hung on the bridges will be torn apart at the first attack. In addition, he recalled that Russia uses not only drones, but also ballistic missiles.