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4 Russian S-400 systems destroyed in Crimea overnight, local media reports

4 Russian S-400 systems destroyed in Crimea overnight, local media reports Photo: Four S-400 systems were destroyed in Crimea on the night of August 2 (Getty Images)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

Four S-400 launchers were probably destroyed in the temporarily occupied Crimea on the night of August 2, according to the Krymskyi Viter Telegram channel.

According to the Telegram channel's sources, at night in Sevastopol on the heights of Kaya-Bash, a position of the S-400 Triumph air defense system consisting of four launchers based on MAZ-543 and a 92N6 radar was preliminarily hit.

Krymskyi Viter also reveals photos and a video.

Situation in Crimea

On the night of August 2, at about 2 a.m., explosions were heard in several areas of Crimea, namely in Sevastopol, Balaklava, Saky, Yevpatoria, and Simferopol.

In the morning, at about 8 a.m., it became known that fires had broken out at the positions of a Russian air defense unit in the occupied Balaklava area of Crimea.