The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces struck an S-400 air defense system in Kaluga Oblast, damaging a Russian command and staff vehicle and a control point.
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Ukrainian SSO struck an S-400 air defense system in Kaluga Oblast, damaging a command and staff vehicle and control point.
Ukrainian strike drones struck one S-400 launcher and a radar system after special forces detected the battery overnight on Sept. 5.
Units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted fire damage on the positions of two divisions of S-400 'Triumph' SAM in the Kaluga region of the Russian Federation. According to preliminary data, a command and control vehicle and a control point were hit.
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