KYIV — A hairdresser by day and a “drone hunter” by night, Oleksandr Shamshur, 41, is among tens of thousands of volunteers helping defend the skies over…
As the Feb. 24 first anniversary of Russia’s invasion nears, Ukraine is becoming increasingly adept at shooting down Russian missiles and drones fired at cities far from the front lines, and Shamshur takes pride in his own role.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
He said it never occurred to him as a civilian to “run away and hide somewhere” when tens of thousands of Russian armored forces stormed into a stunned Ukraine last winter and began bombarding Kyiv and other cities.During the night of Dec. 29-30, Shamshur said, his rooftop unit shot down two drones over Kyiv. His team have also passed on the skills they have learned to other units.
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