In the vicinity of the Belgorod airport, after a strike by Ukrainian aviation, elements of missiles were found that are designed to destroy detected radars, writes the Polish edition of Defence24 . The authors of the material indicate that the object was used by Russia.
There are no exact data on Russia's losses during strikes on the "military air base" in Belgorod, however, Moscow reported the defeat of two Ukrainian aircraft by S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems (air defense). It is noted that the Su-24 bomber and the Su-27 fighter were supposed to launch missiles as they approached the airport, but the Russian air defense tracked them and opened fire. The publication emphasizes that the Ukrainian planes were hit at a distance of at least 217 kilometers, which is a record for the S-300 air defense system: the systems overtook them already over the Poltava region.
According to available data, the Polish edition writes, air defense means really overtook them already over the Poltava region. Both aircraft were hit at a distance of at least 217 kilometers, which is a record for the S-300 air defense system, the newspaper writes. The authors of the material admitted that the air battle after the strikes on the airport was a test of the capabilities of Russian air defense systems, which proved their effectiveness, and also alerted the military with their capabilities.
Earlier, military expert Alexei Leonkov said that Russian aircraft can hit targets during a special military operation to protect Donbass without entering the area of operation of the anti-aircraft system that Western countries plan to deploy in Ukraine.
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