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Ukraine Destroys Extremely Rare ‘Advanced’ S-350 Air Defense System
Because it’s not that advanced…
Ukraine has reportedly eliminated a very rare Russian S-350 Vityaz air defense system, passing another waypoint on Kyiv’s ongoing journey to turn Moscow’s most prized military hardware into expensive scrap metal.
The destruction of the system, confirmed by a Ukrainian reconnaissance brigade, is yet another example of Russia’s overhyped, underperforming air defenses proving to be more vulnerable than advertised.
Now, let’s pause and appreciate that Moscow once said (in 2022) that the S-350 Vityaz can destroy “all existing and future air attack weapons.”
[Pause for comedic effect]
A Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery reconnaissance brigade, Chornyi Lis (Black Forest), released footage showcasing the strike on an S-350 transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) vehicle in the Donetsk region.
The video shows a column of Russian vehicles moving alongside a tree line before zeroing in on the isolated Vityaz. The launcher tubes…
