Ukraine destroys Russian S-400 launcher in Bryansk region
Fire Point said the launcher had been modified to hit ground targets, including Kyiv, as Ukrainian strikes expanded against Russian military assets.
- On September 17, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck two Russian S-400 launchers near the village of Poroshino in Bryansk Oblast. Open-source analysts geolocated the destroyed vehicle from photos of the wreckage along highway 15K-303.
- Fire Point reported that its FP-1 drones destroyed a launcher modified by Russian forces to strike ground targets. Analysts confirmed this system was recently used to launch attacks against Kyiv.
- The S-400 Triumph system is designed to engage aircraft and missiles at ranges up to 400 kilometers. Moscow has adapted these interceptors for quasi-ballistic strikes against Ukrainian cities since 2024.
- Bryansk acting governor Yegor Kovalchuk claimed Russian air defenses shot down 82 drones over the region in 24 hours. Russia has not confirmed any S-400 losses.
- Ukraine faces severe shortages of high-end air-defense interceptors capable of countering ballistic missiles, making direct strikes on these launchers increasingly important. Operations against key Russian military targets are continuing, according to the General Staff.
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Ukrainian forces destroy Russian S-400 launcher in Bryansk region
Ukrainian defense forces have destroyed a launcher for Russia's S-400 Triumph surface-to-air missile system near the village of Poroshyno in Russia's Bryansk region. According to available information, the launcher had been used by Russian forces several days earlier to carry out attacks on Kyiv. Exilenova+ reported that one of two damaged S-400 launchers near Poroshyno was being used not for its intended air defense purpose, but to strike groun…
The plant was located in the Bryansk region.
The enemy publishes a photo of the destroyed S-400 air defense missile system in the Bryansk region ~ 90 km from the border with Ukraine
The enemy publishes a photo of a destroyed S-400 air defense missile system in the Bryansk region, ~ 90 km from the border with Ukraine.It is claimed that it was a launcher used to launch RM-48U ballistic missiles, which in recent months have been...
Ukraine destroys Russian S-400 launcher in Bryansk region
Ukraine’s Defense Forces destroyed a Russian S-400 air defense launcher in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast on Sept. 17, using FP-1 drones, according to Fire Point, the Ukrainian company that builds the drone. Fire Point said the launcher had been modified by Russian forces to strike ground targets and had previously been used against Kyiv. The company […]
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