In the middle of last year, it was reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had upgraded missiles to the old Soviet S-200 complex.
The Ukrainian military shot down a Russian A-50U AWACS aircraft with a modernized missile for the Soviet S-200 air defense system. Ukrainskaya Pravda reported this on the evening of Friday, February 23, citing its sources in the Main Intelligence Directorate.
“The Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft was shot down by the S-200 long-range anti-aircraft missile system,” the material said.
It was noted that in the middle of last year it was reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to modernize missiles for this old Soviet complex.
And in July 2023, the Russians began to make statements about attacks on targets in Russia and the occupied territories with missiles from the S-200 complex. Among those hit were the Crimean Bridge, an air base in the Rostov region, Taganrog, the Kaluga region (bordering the Moscow region) and others. According to the Russians, the Ukrainians have redesigned the air defense system for attacks on ground targets and are firing 5B28 missiles.
Also, the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces use the S-200 as a ballistic missile for ground targets was confirmed by British intelligence.
As reported, on Friday evening the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a Russian A-50U aircraft over the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation. It was the second such aircraft to be shot down in 2024. On January 14, an A-50 was shot down over the Sea of Azov and an Il-22M was damaged.
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Source: korrespondent
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