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Russia announced the destruction of foreign S-300 transferred to Ukraine

The Russian military announced that it used Kalibr missiles to destroy the S-300 complex that was transferred to Ukraine by “a European country”.

Department of Defense Russia The country’s forces fired a Kalibr guided missile against an S-300 air defense missile division on the outskirts of Dnipro, central Ukraine, a day earlier, a statement said.

The destroyed targets were 4 S-300 rocket launchers that were “supplied by a European country”. Ukraine” and hidden in the hangar in Dnipro, with the same radar of this air defense complex in Uspenovka. The Russian Defense Ministry did not name the country that supplied the S-300 complex to Ukraine.

Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced last week that the country give Ukraine The only S-300 air defense complex in service. Mr. Heger insisted the move “doesn’t mean Slovakia has become part of the armed conflict in Ukraine.” Pictures released by the Slovak army show the complex being transported by rail to Ukraine.

Ukraine and Slovakia have not yet commented on the Russian Defense Ministry’s information.





A Russian warship launches a Kalibr missile from the Black Sea towards a target in Ukraine on March 25.  Photo: Russian Defense Ministry.

A Russian warship launches a Kalibr missile from the Black Sea towards a target in Ukraine on March 25. Image: Russian Defense Forces.

The Russian military announced the destruction of many S-300 launchers of Ukraine since the conflict broke out on February 24, and also published a video of ambushes on the battlefields and storage of S-300 missiles, including many military bases. headquarters around the capital Kiev.

There is no exact data on the number of Ukrainian S-300 systems that are still operational. This country employs the S-300PT, S-300PS complexes manufactured in the Soviet Union for the air defense force, and the S-300V version for the army with anti-ballistic missile capabilities.

Experts estimate that Ukraine has about 6 S-300 systems with 36 ammunition trucks cum launchers in combat readiness in the period 2004-2014. Escalating tensions with Russia prompted Ukraine to rush to repair and put into service many S-300 batteries, with at least four batteries overhauled between 2014 and 2015.

At least 34 ammunition trucks and launchers were abandoned in Crimea when Russian forces entered the peninsula in early 2014.

Slovakia, a NATO member with a 98-kilometer border with Ukraine, owns an S-300 air defense system that dates back to the Soviet era and was delivered after the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993.





Location city Dnipro, Ukraine.  Graphics: Washington Post.

Location city Dnipro, Ukraine. Graphics: Washington Post.

A complex of S-300 includes 6 ammunition carriers cum launchers (TELs), each vehicle can carry up to 4 bullets, along with command vehicles and radars of all kinds. The 30N6E2 fire control radar can guide 12 missiles at the same time to hit 6 separate targets with a maximum range of 195 km.

The Soviet Union began to put the S-300 into service in 1978, now there are nearly 20 countries around the world possessing this air defense complex. Russia has all versions of the S-300 with about 2,000 launchers.

Nguyen Tien (According to RIA Novosti)

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