As the top diplomats of the US and Russia arrived in Saudi Arabia for a meeting on a year -long war in Ukraine, Moscow suffered a serious setback in the battlefield. Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense released a video in which it claimed that it has destroyed Russia’s advance S -350 missile defense system.
Video with undisclosed footage from a drone shows a convoy of Russian military vehicles that cross the agricultural stretch of the land. The video then zoom that launchs vehicles in the S-350 surface-to-air missile defense system. The next moment they are destroyed in an accurate air strike, resulting in plums of smoke and dust.
The drone footage was shared by the Black Forest Brigade with the Ministry of Ukrainian Defense – an aristocratic artillery army of Ukrainian armed forces. The actual date of location coordinates and claimed aggressives was not detected.
The destruction of a Russian S-350 Vitiaz Sam system is priced at $ 135 million.
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– Protect Ukraine (@Defenseu) 17 February, 2025
According to a report in the Kiev Post, the Elite Black Forest Brigade released a statement with the video, stating that “Thief Lis (Black Forest) Artillery Recognition Brigade thanks for the efficient works of the reconnaissance men, we managed It is to detect and destroy the latest short and medium-range S-350 Vityaz of Russia.
If found true, it would be a major achievement for the Ukrainian Army and a great embarrassment for Russia, which proud of “virtually impermeable” air defense systems such as S -300, S -350 and S -400.
Russia’s Advanced S -350 Air Defense System
The S-350 Air Defense System is called the latest generation of the Russian medium-range surface-to-air missile defense system. This is reportedly to change the old S-300ps and Buk-M1-2 systems in the Russian Army.
Each unit of the S-350 air defense system allegedly costs more than $ 130 million and was recently inducted into the Russian Army as 2020. Each unit consists of a mobile launcher, which has 12 missiles, an advanced multi-functional radar system, and A command post.
The system with a 120 -km medium border is capable of preventing any upcoming aerial threats from cruise missiles, strategic ballistic missiles, drones, UAVs, military aircraft such as military aircraft and helicopters. They also have inbuilt AI systems, which allow it to work automatically without human intervention by tracking, detection and destroying all coming threats.
Concern for China and India
S-350 and S-400 Surface-to-Air Defense Systems are both advanced versions of S-300. It is important to note that both India and China have purchased a large number of S-400 air defense systems in recent years.
S-350 Vityaz, although not as advanced as S-400, is still considered a highly competent preventive system. While the S-350 is a medium-grain system, the S-400 is long distance. The S-350 has missiles from the same family as the S-400, with a range major differential factor.
If Ukraine’s claim is actually confirmed by Moscow, it will probably become a cause of concern for Beijing and New Delhi. So far, Russia has not responded to Ukraine’s video.
