Nikita Shenderovsky18:47, 04/18/24

Russia uses these systems to attack civilians.

Defense Express editor-in-chief Oleg Katkov commented on the defeat of the S-400 installations and radar stations in Dzhankoy during the telethon.

“Firstly, the S-400 is a complex that is designed for aircraft. And the fewer of them the enemy has, the lighter our aviation is. But, in addition, the enemy uses these S-400s to strike ground targets. Strikes from Such complexes were launched against Kharkov, Kherson, Zaporozhye, and they hit Kyiv. That is, the enemy uses these complexes not only to defend against air attacks, but also to strike the civilian population,” the expert said.

He also noted that in addition to the destruction of the installations and radars themselves, the video also shows a repeated detonation, which indicates that the stock of missiles for the S-400 complexes was damaged.

In addition, the expert explained why this strike is a failure for Russian air defense: “The important thing is that the strike was carried out by a ballistic missile, which, according to the enemy’s own declaration, the S-400 can fight. But the footage shows that it can only fight with itself. After all, there are defeats; he was not able to work on ballistic missiles.”

Strike at Dzhankoy: what is known

On the night of April 17, in temporarily occupied Dzhankoy, Crimea, explosions occurred near the airfield .

Subsequently, the ATESH partisan movement stated that the target of the strike was the enemy S-400 air defense complex, warehouses with missiles and one of the command posts of the invaders.

On April 18, the Main Intelligence Directorate reported on the results of the work – four S-400 air defense missile launchers, three radar stations and Fundament-M air surveillance equipment were destroyed. Information about losses in aviation and enemy personnel is being clarified.

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