Battalions of territorial defense of Kyiv received the NLAW systems.
This was reported by the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"Welcome to hell", - the soldiers wrote in English.
According to Армія інфо, NLAW (Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon) - is a Swedish-British short-range fire-and-forget anti-tank missile system. The system was designed by SAAB company (Sweden)
Shooting range is up to 800 meters. The time necessary to activate the system and fire does not exceed 2-3 seconds.
We remind that Oleksiy Reznikov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine said that almost for the whole night he was having a discussion with ministers of defense of other countries that are constantly supporting Ukraine. He said that soon Ukraine is going to receive modern weapons as additional reinforcement as well as other resources that will be provided by our partners.
Later in his Twitter account Mariush Blashchak, the Minister of Defense of Poland informed that his country had started to transfer the weapon for Ukraine.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi had a conversation with the President of the USA Joe Biden about reinforcement of sanctions, specific defense assistance and anti-war coalition.
Due to the threat of full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, our Western Partners provided Ukraine with thousands of tons of military assistance, including javelins, stingers and other defense weapons.