Defence forces have destroyed Russian S-400 system that was firing ballistic missiles at Kyiv. PHOTO
In Russia’s Bryansk region, Ukraine’s Defence Forces appear to have destroyed one of the S-400 Triumf launchers Russia had used to strike Kyiv with ballistic missiles.
The defence technology company Fire Point and the OSINT projects Exilenova+ and KiberBoroshno reported this, according to Censor.NET.
S-400 launcher destroyed
"One of the two S-400 launchers that were hit, which the Russian scum had used in surface-to-surface mode to strike Kyiv just a few days ago, has been successfully demilitarised by Ukraine’s Defence Forces!" the OSINT analysts wrote.
The launcher was positioned near the settlement of Poroshino in Bryansk region, along the 15K-303 road. According to Fire Point, Ukrainian forces carried out the strike with FP-1 drones on Thursday, September 17.
The site where the launcher was destroyed is just 87 kilometres from the Ukrainian border.
Strikes on Russia
- On September 17, the General Staff reported that Ukraine’s Defence Forces had struck two S-400 launchers near Vygonichi in Russia’s Bryansk region. According to the Ukrainian military, Russian forces had launched ballistic missiles at Ukraine’s capital from that area.
