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| The S-300 air defense system seen destroyed during the Russian-Ukrainian war |
International Military - Ukraine which gets military assistance from various countries makes it more resilient against Russia. Slovakia also provided the country with the S 300 anti-aircraft missile system. However, not long after, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claimed that the anti-aircraft missile system had been destroyed.
Quoted from Bulgarian Military, according to a briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense on April 10, 3M-54 Kalibr missiles fired by Russian warships hit the area of Starrobogdanovka village, Nikolaev region and Chuguev military airport.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also claims that the positions of the Ukrainian S-300 SAMs are localized by military intelligence. "On Sunday, April 10, Kalibr high-precision sea-based missiles on the southern outskirts of the city of Dnepropetrovsk destroyed the S-300 anti-aircraft equipment, missile division, supplied to the Kyiv regime from one of the European countries, hidden in the hangar. Four S-launchers 300 and up to 25 personnel of the Ukrainian armed forces are affected
However, it cannot be confirmed either that the destruction of the Ukrainian S-300 air defense system is as quoted by the Russian Ministry of Defense. In addition, the S-300 missile is claimed to be the cause of Russia's failure of air superiority in Ukraine.
Quoted from the Eurasian Times, Russia was unable to neutralize all Ukrainian ground-based AD systems such as the S-300 and Buk. Ironically, both AD systems are well known in Russia, being made in the Soviet era.
Apart from that, they are excellent AD systems. For example, the S-300 is a systems system with an architecture that facilitates signaling by other radar systems and even data links. They are mobile systems that can quickly change locations to thwart a counterattack by the enemy.
This is what determines Ukraine passively signaling its AD systems using data links with NATO AWACS & Elint aircraft, not by using the system's search radar.
Quoted from missilethreat.csis.org, the S-300 is a family of Russian-made surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems capable of striking aircraft and UAVs in addition to providing multiple cruise and ballistic missile defense capabilities. The S-300P variant, also known as the SA-10 Grumble, was designed by the Soviet Union during the 1960s and 70s, and was used only for air defense.
Derived from the S-300P is the S-300V, also known as the SA-23A Gladiator and SA-23B Giant, which is equipped with anti-ballistic missile capabilities, and is in some ways similar to the US Patriot Advanced Capability -2 (PAC-2). In this case, the system existed in Soviet times, which allowed Ukraine and the former Soviet states to own it.