Ukrainian Postal Service Forms Private Air Defense Force, Shoots Down Russian Drones
- Nova Poshta has created a private air-defense project and says it has shot down Russian Shahed drones, according to co-owner Viacheslav Klymov.
- Klymov said private air-defense projects should expand because businesses are taking on duties once viewed as the state’s responsibility.
- Nova Poshta employees extinguish many fires caused by attacks before Ukraine’s State Emergency Service arrives, Klymov said.
- Nova Poshta operates 54,700 service points and reported first-half 2026 revenue of UAH 39.127 billion and net profit of UAH 2.195 billion.
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Ukrainian postal service forms private air defense force, shoots down Russian drones
Nova Poshta is the largest private postal and courier company in Ukraine, operating over 15,817 branches across the country, and employing over 34,000 people. Its post offices and distribution centers have frequently come under Russian attack.
Ukraine's largest private logistics company no longer believes in the ability of HUS air defence forces to protect their property, so the owners of the Nova company group, which includes the New Mail operator, decided to implement a famous phrase from Ilya Ilf and Eugenia Petrov's "Twelf.
Vyacheslav Klimov, co-owner of the Ukrainian logistics company "New Mail", reported on the establishment of his own air defence system. Klimov's innovation during a speech at the Kiev International Economic Forum, transmits RIA News with reference to UNIAN. "The Ukrainian logistics company "New Mail" carried out a private air defence project and already has shot down... drones in its account," said Klimov. In mid-October, the Russian Ministry of…
The Ukrainian logistics company "New Mail" has established its own air defence system, which is said to already have shot down Russian drones, as reported by Interfax Ukraine with reference to the statement of the co-owner of Vyacheslav Klimov at the Kiev International Economic Forum.
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