The statement noted that the system was destroyed by Ukrainian strike drones.
“It is symbolic that the enemy’s expensive air defense system, designed in part to counter UAVs, was neutralized by SOF strike drones,” the statement said.
The radar station is the “eyes” of the S-400 complex; without this tracking and targeting element, the system loses combat capability.
On Sept. 22, Ukrainian SOF also struck an S-400 Triumph system in Russia’s Kaluga Oblast.
The S-300 Soviet-era surface-to-air missile system and its modernized version, the S-400, were designed to target aircraft — including strategic and tactical aviation — as well as tactical and operational-tactical ballistic missiles, hypersonic targets, jammers, reconnaissance aircraft, and drones. It is a universal air-defense weapon intended to protect key facilities or cover ground forces. However, during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, these systems have repeatedly been used to strike Ukrainian cities.
The S-400, a long- and medium-range system, entered service with Russia in 2007. Triumph is its export name. A single S-400 launcher can engage up to six aerial targets simultaneously.
The system’s manufacturer, Russia’s state-owned defense conglomerate Almaz-Antey, is under EU and U.S. sanctions for Russia’s actions against Ukraine.