As Ukraine increasingly targets Crimea, Kiev’s military intelligence has announced the destruction of an S-400 anti-aircraft battery.
Olenivka/Crimea – The S-400 air defense system is considered the pride of Russian air defense and, together with the Pantsir batteries, is one of the most advanced Russian air defense systems. The head of the Kremlin Vladimir PutinThe Army has a lot of faith in these systems. It’s not for nothing that Crimea, annexed by Russia since 2014, is particularly popular. Ukraine warIt is protected by S-400.
Ukraine war: Russian S-400 system destroyed in Crimea
But as it stands, Russia’s S-400 isn’t invincible. In a new report on Wednesday (August 23), the Ukrainian military intelligence service GUR announced the destruction of the S-400 system in Crimea and released a video of a heavy strike against the Russian military. “Around 10 a.m. on August 23, an explosion destroyed a Russian long- and medium-range air defense system S-400 ‘Triumph’ in the village of Olenivka, Cape Tarkhankut, on the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula,” the intelligence service said in its statement. Official website.
The system, missiles and system personnel were “completely destroyed” in the blast, it said. In the statement, the Secret Service called it a “painful blow” to the Russian air defense system. After all, there are only a limited number of S-400 systems in the Russian inventory. The system’s destruction would have a “serious impact” on future developments on the peninsula.
In its choice of words, the Secret Service avoided taking responsibility for the explosion. It was even with the previous ones Attacks on the Crimean bridge built by Russia after the annexation Case: Weeks later no official acceptance of responsibility. Ukraine is likely to follow the same path here.
Kiev reports destruction of Russia’s S-400 system in Crimea
The statement by the Ukrainian secret service did not reveal how the explosion occurred or what weapon was used. However, Russian military blogger “Rybar”, said to be close to the Russian Defense Ministry, typed “anti-ship missiles” on the Telegram texting service. According to him, the drones were initially launched to confuse the S-400 system. After that, the rockets were launched and destroyed the structure. Other bloggers talked about the attack British Storm Shadow missiles.
However, the S-400 was not the only Russian system to fall victim to the attack on the Crimean peninsula. Ukrainian media, citing an adviser to the governor of the city of Mariupol, announced that the Russian coastal defense system “Bastin” had been destroyed. Accordingly, the Russian “Onyx” missiles used by Moscow to attack the territory of Ukraine were also destroyed. (bb)
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