Ukraine destroys Russia’s costly air defense systems in Crimea

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence reported the information.

“For several days, the occupiers in temporarily occupied Crimea were shaken by an unprecedented roar—their costly air defense systems proved powerless against the precise strikes of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence,” the report says.

Among the destroyed air defense systems:

• 48Ya6-K1 Podlet – 2 units
• 1L125 Niobium-SV – 2 units
• 39N6 Kasta 2E2 (NATO designation: Flat Face E) – 3 units
• 9C19 Imbir (NATO designation: High Screen)
• Nebo-SV
• S-300VM
• Nebo-M
• 59N6-E Protivnik-GE
• Mys radar

Additionally, the strikes targeted and damaged:

• An S-300SV launcher
• Command posts of the ST-68 radar
• The 39N6 Kasta 2E2 radar

Furthermore, three Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems, a C4236 project transport and towing vessel, the universal tugboat Fedor Uryupin, and a Russian Mi-8 helicopter were also hit.

• Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders eliminated at least 1,060 Russian soldiers and destroyed a number of vehicles and weapons at the frontline.