Ukraine has been fortifying its borders with extensive systems of trenches, dugouts, and anti-tank barriers known as 'dragon's teeth'. Over 10,000 dragon's teeth have been installed in the Kyiv region alone, with additional fortifications in other regions like Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk. The fortifications are part of a larger effort to strengthen defensive lines around Kyiv, with hundreds of kilometers of fortifications and multiple defense rings built since the full-scale invasion.
Hundreds of kilometers of fortifications and several defense rings were built around Kyiv “In a year this is about 1000 km of fortifications, three rings of defense of Kyiv. The Chernobyl direction has been greatly strengthened. Long-term concrete fortifications are already… https://t.co/qRvV5uNp0f
🇺🇦🛡️ "Hundreds of kilometers of fortifications and several defense rings were built around Kyiv", said Ground Forces Commander Olexander Pavlyuk. ❗️ "In a year this is about 1000 km of fortifications, three rings of defense of Kyiv. The Chernobyl direction has been greatly… https://t.co/P07itiyOjU
About 1000 km of fortifications have been built around Kyiv since the full-scale invasion — Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. https://t.co/xbejuodNF1
🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡ A photo from a drone of the defensive lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine being built in the Kyiv region, including "Dragon's teeth" and anti-tank ditches. The head of the local regional military administration, Ruslan Kravchenko, said that a total of 10 thousand such… https://t.co/tyN4FcdScm
🗻 10,000 concrete pyramids installed in Kyiv Oblast for protection – photo https://t.co/Aadh6HGZRO
More than 10,000 anti-tank barriers were installed in the Kyiv region ▪️Over 10,000 anti-tank barriers, better known as "dragon's teeth", were installed in the Kyiv region and in the immediate vicinity of the Ukrainian capital, said the head of the regional military… https://t.co/hCEQFMhxLA
Ukraine continues to strengthen lines in the Zaporozhye direction https://t.co/qhIWfK7nnx
🛡️🇺🇦 42 km of anti-tank ditches and ~11,000 "Dragon Teeth": fortifications are being strengthened in Dnipropetrovsk region, — OVA. https://t.co/4rsktMvjxr
In the Kyiv region, 10,000 concrete pyramids were installed to strengthen the border. https://t.co/Xmgzw4LmMN
🇺🇦🛡️ As of the end of March, 11000 "Dragon Teeth" have been installed in Zaporizhzhia region, - the head of Zaporizhzhia OVA. https://t.co/M9NkfPTgnN
In the Kyiv oblast, work on the arrangement of fortifications continues to increase, - RMA https://t.co/GW19EvXhNv
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are building fortifications in the Kyiv, Kharkov and Sumy regions “Fortifications provide for an extensive system of trenches, dugouts and other types of shelters. Barrage lines will be installed - “dragon teeth”, anti-tank ditches and other… https://t.co/Y8weskzqY7
⚡️Governor: Almost 10,000 'dragon's teeth' anti-tank structures built in Kyiv Oblast. In early March, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine was building 2,000 kilometers of fortifications.
🇺🇦🚨‼️Defensive lines around Kiev … they’re expecting an attack. https://t.co/EUoFD2rXFc
‼️ 10,000 "dragon's teeth" were installed on the borders of Kyiv Region, — OVA. 🛡️ Fortifications include an extensive system of trenches, dugouts and other types of shelters + anti-tank ditches and other non-explosive barriers will be installed. https://t.co/ieZwf0zsSs