A video released by a Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery reconnaissance brigade apparently showing a S-350 “Vityaz” ground-based air defence system exploding in plumes of smoke after being struck by drones.
The S-350 transporter-erector-launcher has only rarely been seen on the battlefields of Ukraine.
Video claiming to show the Russian S-350 system exploding after being targeted by Ukrainian drones (Screengrabs: Ukrainian Chornyi Lis artillery reconnaissance brigade/ Telegram)The brigade said the attack took place in Ukraine‘s eastern Donetsk region but did not specify when. The abundant green foliage in the video indicates the incident occurred before winter when the weather was warmer.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces also commented on the alleged successful attack, saying the S-350 “Vityaz” was “the newest Russian short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missile system” with an estimated cost of about $135 million (£107m).
A Surface-to-air missile complex Vityaz on display at the Obukhov state plant in 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russia (Photo: Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)The S-350 was developed to replace the ageing, Soviet-era S-300P air defence system.
S-350 Vityaz surface-to-air missiles displayed during a military parade in the Red Square in Moscow in 2020 (Photo: Pavel Golovkin/AFP/Getty Images)
“However, there are too few S-350s available due to their somewhat delayed entry into service. Probably the priorities will be shifted now, but in any case, the S-350 has its role in countering adversary precision weapons under any scenario,” he noted.
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Read MoreThe main difference from other similar systems is that the Vityaz “is capable of quickly aiming its missiles and scanning the space”, the company’s chief executive, Yan Novik, said in 2022, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.
The system’s radar has improved anti-jamming capabilities and can monitor areas from all directions through its circular scanning mode, according to Tass. It also outperforms its competitors with a larger missile load.
The S-350 air defence system is capable of striking targets within a radius of 60 km (37 miles) at an altitude of 30 km (18 miles), according to Tass. It is designed to fight both aerodynamic and ballistic targets and carries 12 surface-to-air missiles, it added.
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