FPV drone of the 14th Mechanized Brigade struck Russian Tor air defense system

29 February, 2024 Russian Tor air defense system. Photo credits: 14th Mechanized Brigade An FPV drone of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade hit a Russian Tor-M2 air defense system.

The press service of the 14th Brigade published the video of the incident. It happened in the Kupiansk sector, where the brigade holds the line. Although the system was directly hit, the munition did not detonate.

Nevertheless, the Tor-M2 SAM suffered damage to its external radar systems, namely the search radar and the target acquisition radar. Since the 9M338K missiles from the system use radio command guidance, damage to one of the radar antennas can disable the entire system.

In addition to air defense systems, FPV drones of the 14th Brigade in the Kupiansk sector also struck Russian Msta-S self-propelled howitzers on February 14, 2024. The Oryx's OSINT resource reports that since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Russians have lost at least 135 2S19 Msta-S destroyed and 35 captured.

Tor-M2 air defense system of the Russian Armed Forces. Photo credits: Russian media

Militarnyi previously reported that the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian Strela-10 and Tor anti-aircraft missile systems on the left bank of the Kherson region.

The OSINT community managed to determine the site of the defeat of enemy SAMs at coordinates 46.295086, 32.607096 and 46.297822, 32.633761.

Air defense systems were hit near the village of Mykhailivka, located almost 36 kilometers from the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Kherson region.

The published footage clearly shows the ignition of the transport and launch containers of the Strela-10 system and the severe damage and ignition of the Tor system.