Ukraine has achieved another success. As reported, two Russian mobile Podlet radar stations and one Kasta-type system in Crimea were destroyed. Its cost is estimated at tens of millions of dollars. The success of the operation was announced two days after Kiev announced a similar success.
On Saturday, Kiev military intelligence reported that a day earlier, Ukrainian forces had destroyed three more Russian radar stations in occupied Crimea. According to the report, two Podlet 48Y6-K1 systems and one Kasta-2E2 radar were damaged.
For Russia, this means serious losses. The value of one Podlet radar is approximately 5 million US dollars (approximately 20 million zlotys), while the cost of the second type of radar reaches up to 30 million US dollars (more than 120 million zlotys).
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Both modern systems are used to detect low-altitude and very low-altitude air targets. Podlets are used in missile batteries of the S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft systems. In addition, Kasta radar enables tracking of helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, and cruise missiles.
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Information about the Crimean success appeared just two days after Kiev boasted of the success of a “special operation” that destroyed the 48IA6-K1 Podolet mobile radar station.
The Kiev Independent recalled that a number of explosions took place in Russian-occupied Crimea last week. Kremlin media published articles about the downing of Ukrainian missiles and drones over the peninsula.
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On Friday, Ukrainian forces allegedly shot down a Russian S-400 aircraft and an ammunition dump stationed in Crimea. Earlier, an explosion was heard near Russia's Belbek Airport. At the time, approximately 40 unmanned aircraft were used to attack military aircraft, as well as Neptune and Storm Shadow missiles.
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