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International Military - Russia has destroyed the S-300 missile, which was an aid to Ukraine. This was confirmed directly by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation which claimed that the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system donated by Slovakia to Ukraine had been destroyed.
The destruction carried out is known to use missiles. According to a briefing by the Russian Ministry of Defense on April 10, 3M-54 Kalibr missiles fired by Russian warships hit the area of \u200b\u200bthe village of Starrobogdanovka, Nikolaev region and the Chuguev military airport. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that the positions of the Ukrainian S-300 SAMs are localized by military intelligence.
Launching the Bulgarian Military, on April 11, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that four S-300 missiles were successfully destroyed. “On Sunday, April 10, Kalibr high-precision sea-based missiles on the southern outskirts of the city of Dnepropetrovsk destroyed the equipment of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile division, which was supplied to the Kyiv regime from one of the European countries, hidden in the hangar. Four S-300 launchers and up to 25 personnel of the Ukrainian armed forces were hit," he said.
Quoted from Al Jazeera, there was no confirmation of this by the Ukrainian authorities. Meanwhile, Slovakia, which had donated such a missile system to Ukraine last week, denied that the one it supplied had been attacked.
The prime minister's office issued a statement calling Russian reports that its S-300 systems had been destroyed "disinformation". However, it is unclear whether the two sides are referring to the same attack.
Russia's defense ministry said its forces targeted missile defense systems at three different locations in recent days. They also shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 planes near the city of Izyum and destroyed two ammunition depots, one of which was near the southern city of Mykolaiv, he added.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the system and the US army team to operate it would arrive in Slovakia. This will happen in the coming days and stay there for an indefinite period of time.