The Russian armed forces have reportedly lost their S-400 surface-to-air missile system.
According to Militarnyi, Russia’s most advanced operational air defense system was blown up on a road near the village of Ilyine, in the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region.
It is the first confirmed loss of the long-range S-400 surface-to-air missile system (SA-21 Growler).
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OSINT group Ukraine Weapons Tracker reported that it was a 5P85SM2-01 launcher for the S-400 system with 5V55R missiles.
#Ukraine: As new photos have surfaced, it is safe to say that the Russian military has lost a component of the S-400 advanced air defense system – 5P85SM2-01 TEL with 5V55R missiles.
This is the first ever confirmed combat loss of an S-400.https://t.co/KH474JKfep pic.twitter.com/Ll1Ib1Ncaa
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracking (@UAWeapons) January 20, 2023
The S-400 is based on the S-300PMU2 air defense missile complex. It differs from its predecessors in its increased combat range and the ability to use new surface-to-air missile systems. It is capable of detecting and destroying low-observability (stealth) and fast-moving air targets. It is designed to destroy strategic and tactical aircraft (including stealth jets) and can engage all other aerial targets in heavy fire and radio-electronic countermeasures.
Russian state media announced that the first S-400 systems entered service on April 28, 2007.