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Russia destroyed 400 air defense systems since start of war: MoD

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 25 Dec 2022 00:09
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According to the Russian military official, Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 warplane, a Ukrainian Mi-24 and multiple Mi-8 helicopters were shot down in the DPR.

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  • A destroyed Ukrainian S-300 air defense system
    A destroyed Ukrainian S-300 air defense system

Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Saturday that since the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, Russia destroyed about 400 Ukrainian surface-to-air missile systems.

"In all, the following targets have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation: 352 warplanes, 192 helicopters, 2,719 unmanned aerial vehicles, 399 surface-to-air missile systems, 7,222 tanks and other combat armored vehicles, 936 multiple rocket launchers, 3,704 field artillery guns and mortars, and also 7,737 special military motor vehicles," the spokesman said.

He added that In the Krasny Liman area, Russian forces had obliterated more than 40 Ukrainian troops from two brigades in the DPR, including three combat armored combat vehicles and four motor vehicles.

Russian Lancet-3 kamikaze drone strikes a Ukrainian P-18 early warning radar. Looks like these radars are quite bad at detecting drones, although that could be said about most Ukrainian radars pic.twitter.com/tbcGeutCQE

— LogKa (@LogKa11) December 22, 2022

Moreover, he said that the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 warplane, a Ukrainian Mi-24, and multiple Mi-8 helicopters were shot down in the DPR.

He added that "Russian air defense capabilities shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopter in the area of the settlement of Kirovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic."

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Russian air defense systems also intercepted 15 Ukrainian UAVs in several areas in the DPR, the LPR, Kherson, Zaporozhye.

Another Forpost-Ru UAV destroying a Ukrainian military vehicle. The release of 6 videos in the last week from this system is a good sign. pic.twitter.com/XimtzG5haq

— ayden (@squatsons) December 24, 2022

Russian forces further struck 53 Ukrainian artillery sites in the past day in over 90 areas across the Zaporozhye region, the official added

In the Kharkov Region, Russian artillery struck the Ukrainian army’s 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades, eliminating about 50 militants in the past day.

103,000 dead #Ukrainians troops just by obituaries - #Kyiv #Kharkov #Bakhmut #Russia pic.twitter.com/RumpRhKxJf

— @AlphaGeneration (@Alphatrader2015) December 4, 2022

Several militants and military equipment were shot down near the community of Krakhmalnoye in the Kharkov Region, the general added.

As for army brigades in the Kharkov region, Russian forces eliminated as many as 50 Ukrainian troops, four combat armored vehicles, and two pickup trucks.

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