Ukraine Hits S-400 Near Putin’s $1.2 Billion Black Sea Palace After Destroying EW System
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Updated · UNITED24 Media · Aug 11
Ukraine Hits S-400 Near Putin’s $1.2 Billion Black Sea Palace After Destroying EW System
3 articles · Updated · UNITED24 Media · Aug 11
Summary
A Ukrainian strike hit a Russian S-400 battery near Gelendzhik on Aug. 9 after it fired six missiles, setting off a fire that burned for three hours.
The attack followed Ukraine’s Aug. 7 destruction of a Volna Kupol Garant electronic-warfare system at military unit No. 2156, removing jamming that had shielded a 20-square-kilometer area and the nearby S-400.
Satellite imagery confirmed destruction of at least one launcher, and analysts said the large EW complex—built to jam Starlink—was easy to detect because of its size and emissions.
The damaged defenses cover airspace near Putin’s 17,700-square-meter Black Sea estate, about 20 kilometers from Gelendzhik, a compound Navalny’s team previously estimated cost at least 100 billion rubles.
The Gelendzhik strike marks at least the third recent successful hit on Russia’s newest anti-Starlink EW systems, underscoring Kyiv’s broader campaign to erode Russian air defenses in the rear.