The radar system was targeted in a strike by Ukraine's 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade, according to Kyiv.
An expensive piece of Russian military equipment has been destroyed in a strike, according to Ukraine's military, which has released a video purportedly showing the dramatic moment of the explosion.Ukraine's defense intelligence agency the GUR released on Saturday a video which it said showed troops from the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine and the 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade Black Forest targeting the Russian 48Y6 K-1 Podlyot radar system.
Ukrainian intelligence said that the system was used by Russia to detect and transmit co-ordinates to its S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems. The Ukrainian post boasted about the successful targeting of such a pricy piece of kit.'The cost of such a radar is more than 700 million rubles or more than 5 million dollars,' it said. Newsweek has contacted Russia's defense ministry about the undated video which has not been independently verified.
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