The British Ministry of Defense said that Russia used a long-range air defense complex like the S-300 and S-400 to raid the ground targets in Ukraine because of a lack of specialized missiles.
Russia has increased the use of air defense missiles for the secondary ground raid method due to serious shortage of specialized ground attack missiles, the British Ministry of Defense said in the report on July 22.
The agency evaluated the S-300 and S-400 complexes that Russia deployed near Ukraine since the beginning of the special military campaign using missiles with relatively small warheads, designed to destroy the aircraft.
They can create a significant threat to soldiers stationed in thin wall houses or have open designs, but are not able to penetrate solid structures, reports on the destructive power of
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The British Ministry of Defense said that the Russian air defense missile is highly likely to slip the targeted target and cause casualties to the civilians, because they are not optimized for the aforementioned purpose and the crew is less excavated.
One day earlier, the Governor of Ukraine Vitaly Kim said the Russian forces used seven air defense missiles to raid infrastructure, energy facilities and warehouses.
However, the Russian Defense Ministry in reports on special military campaigns on July 21 and 22 did not mention any missile raids against Mykolaiv province.
Western experts believe that Russia can use the S-300 complex to raid targets in their range but in addition to the artillery range.
The cruise missile will have to fly far and longer, while the Iskander tactical ballistic missile is often devoted to the key target, the Newdick editor wrote.
The Ukrainian battlefield situation after nearly 5 months of fighting.
In the report on July 22, the British Ministry of Defense said the Ukrainian forces continued to repel Russia's efforts to attack the power plant in Vuhlehirska, Donetsk province.
Russia has not commented on the information of the British Defense Ministry.
Russia on February 24 launched a special military campaign to the demilitarized and non -fascist Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials on July 21 claimed to block and repel the attacks of the Russian forces in three directions in Kharkov, Donetsk and Kherson provinces.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced a video of Tos-1A heat jet artillery to raid the enemy target in a special military campaign in Ukraine.
In order to reassure the West and can continue to receive aid weapons, Ukraine is trying to show that they can completely defeat Russia on the battlefield.