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Russia claims to have destroyed S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems donated by a European country to Ukraine and other facilities in the south and east

Russia on Monday claimed to have destroyed Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems supplied to Ukraine by a European country, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Although the department has not specified which country it is referring to, Slovakia announced last Friday that it would donate this same S-300-type long-range anti-aircraft missile system to the Ukrainians. In addition, the Russian Army claims to have destroyed numerous installations in the south and east of the country.

The Department of Defense has indicated that Russian Kalibr-type missiles launched from the sea destroyed four S-300 launchers on Sunday that were hidden in a hangar on the outskirts of Dnipro, in central Ukraine. In addition, the attack affected at least 25 Ukrainian soldiers, always according to the Russian version. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have not yet confirmed this bombing. Slovakia, which had donated this type of system to Ukraine, has denied that the destroyed defenses are its own, calling this news “Russian lies”.

In addition, the Russian Armed Forces have claimed to have destroyed military equipment and installations mainly in the east and south of the country in the last day, where they now focus the offensive that began 47 days ago. The spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashénkov, has pointed out in his morning military report that, during the night, high-precision missiles launched from the air near the town of Velyka Novosilka, in the Donetsk region (east), destroyed the base for repair of weapons and military equipment of the air defense forces of Ukraine.

Konashenkov has further noted that as a result of high-precision strikes in the areas of the towns of Vozdvyzhenka and Ivanovka in the same region, nine tanks, five A 2S3 Acacia self-propelled guns and five BM multiple launch rocket systems have been eliminated. -21 Deg.

Russian air defense systems would also have shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the air near the city of Izium, in the Kharkov region and controlled by Russian troops, key to their advance towards the administrative borders controlled by the Ukrainian Army. in Donbas (east). In the same region, Russian forces have destroyed three drones.

Meanwhile, in the south, and always according to the Russian version, Vladimir Putin’s Army has eliminated an unmanned vehicle of the Valkyrie type, in the Mikolaiv oblast. In addition, in the Mikolaiv and Zhovtneve areas, they have destroyed two ammunition depots , and in the Uspenivka area, a radar for illumination and guidance of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. Also in the south, in the Kherson region, Russian troops have shot down a Ukrainian Mi-24 military helicopter. (The Country and Agencies)

PHOTO: A Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. / Russian Ministry of Defense.

The TUIT is from Eduard Heger, Prime Minister of Slovakia, talking about the donation of that anti-aircraft missile system last Friday.