Ukraine reports destruction of Russian S-300 anti-air defence battery VIDEO
The Ukrainian military released a new video on July 25, claiming that it shows the destruction of a battery of Russian anti-air defences in Southern Ukraine.
The video was first shared by the Ukrainian military's Operational Command South formation on its official Facebook page, according to Newsweek. The video appears to show numerous burnt-out and smoking wreckages, including one near the beginning that resembles a truck of some kind. The post claimed that the targets were a battery of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems operated by Russian forces.
"While performing firing missions, our missile and artillery units destroyed a battery of S-300 air defence systems near Zelenotropynske," the post stated.
Zelenotropynske is located in Ukraine's Kherson Oblast, one of the southernmost regions in the country. The region is located just north of the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. It was also reported on July 25 by Euromaidan Press that seven "port and industry infrastructure" targets had been struck by S-300 missiles near Mykolaiv, a port city located less than 200 kilometres north of Zelenotropynske. It is unknown if the S-300 systems destroyed on Sunday were responsible for these strikes, but it is unlikely given their dated nature.