Ukrainian troops destroyed S-400 system in Kursk region with ATACMS missile
25 November, 2024 S-400 SAM launchers. Photo from open source The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an ATACMS missile at a Russian S-400 SAM system in the Kursk region.
Photo evidence of the strike was published on the Dossier of the Spy telegram channel. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the strike took place on the territory of the village of Velyke Zhyrovo in the Kursk region on November 24, 2024. According to the General Staff, the destroyed S-400 system was part of the 1490th Guards Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment, which is subordinate to the 6th Army of the Russian Federation Armed Forces.
A destroyed Russian 92N6E radar.
Photo credits: Dosie Shpiona Telegram channel
The published images show the destroyed 92N6E radar station, as well as two self-propelled launchers of the S-400 complex. In addition to the system itself, some of the personnel were killed. Among the losses, the deaths of the following soldiers have been officially confirmed:
- Maksim Nikolaevich Solodovnikov, Major;
- Zavorin Sergey Vladimirovich, captain;
- Pechonkin Nikita Nikolaevich, senior lieutenant;
- Yusup Adamovich Kodzoyev, senior lieutenant;
- Aleksey Maksimovich Podlypalov, Lieutenant.
In addition to the officers, three specialists of Almaz-Antey JSC were reportedly killed, who advised the service and helped with the repair of certain elements.
The officers who were killed during an ATACMS ballistic missile strike on the S-400 air defense system.
Photo credits: Dosie Shpiona Telegram channel
According to the General Staff, the enemy used this system for surface-to-surface attacks and fired at Ukrainian settlements. At the time of the attack, the system was undergoing repairs, which caused significant damage to the system itself, as well as to its personnel and maintenance. Militarnyi previously reported that in early October 2024, a Ukrainian kamikaze drone had struck a Russian radar of an S-400 air defense system in the Belgorod region.
The UAV operators of the Attack Drone Group "Flight Club" of the 92nd Assault Brigade "Ivan Sirko" had tracked down the 96L6 radar that had accompanied the invaders' S-400 air defense system in the Belgorod region.
The drone strike disabled the radar, thus "blinding" Russian air defense in the area for some time.