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Russia says it destroyed Ukrainian air defense systems gifted by unidentified European country
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Russia’s navy on Monday is claiming to have destroyed air protection methods that had been “delivered to the Kyiv regime by a European nation.”
The Ministry of Protection of the Russian Federation stated in a press release that the 4 S-300 launchers had been hidden in a hanger close to the japanese Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro and that 25 Ukrainian troopers had been additionally hit within the strike, in keeping with Reuters.
“Excessive-precision sea-launched Kalibr missiles destroyed the gear of a S-300 anti-aircraft missile division which had been delivered to the Kyiv regime by a European nation,” the ministry reportedly added.
S-300PS missile methods are pictured throughout the Kyiv Independence Day Parade in Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, in 2021.
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Russia didn’t elaborate on which nation allegedly provided the air protection methods to Ukraine.
However NATO member Slovakia, which introduced Friday that it gave an S-300 system to Ukraine, stated theirs has not been hit, Reuters experiences.
Slovakia Prime Minister Eduard Heger revealed final week that his nation was sending a Soviet-era S-300 air protection system to Ukraine to “assist save many harmless lives from the aggression of the Putin regime.”
Automobiles drive close to a broken bridge following a Russian assault within the earlier weeks within the city of Makarov within the Kyiv area on Sunday.
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“I can verify that the Slovak Republic has donated to Ukraine an air protection system, the S-300. I imagine that this protection system will assist save many harmless lives from the aggression of the Putin regime,” Heger stated Friday.
The switch of the navy {hardware} is the primary recognized occasion of a rustic giving such weaponry to Ukraine because the begin of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, in keeping with Reuters.
A fallen rocket that was fired from Kherson however received intercepted by Ukrainian forces stays unexploded on the street in Mykolaiv, Ukraine on April 4.
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President Joe Biden stated Friday that “I wish to thank the Slovakian authorities for offering an S-300 air protection system to Ukraine, one thing President Zelenskyy has personally raised with me in our conversations. To allow this switch and make sure the continued safety of Slovakia, the US will reposition a U.S. Patriot missile system to Slovakia.”
Within the assertion launched by Russia on Monday, it additionally stated its navy downed two Ukrainian plane close to Izium and destroyed two ammunition depots, certainly one of which was close to town of Mykolaiv, in keeping with Reuters.