Soldiers of the Ukrainian National Guard destroyed the Russian Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Saturday. He added that the value of such equipment reaches $10 million.
“The system was destroyed by drone operators of the 27th Pechersk Brigade of the National Guard,” Ihor Klymenko said in a post on Telegram on Saturday. “The launcher, which the Russians hid in the forest, was revealed during a reconnaissance flight on one of the hottest sections of the front,” added the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Buk-M1. Illustrative photo mil.ru
“The precision strike completely destroyed the enemy equipment. The cost of such a complex reaches up to $10 million,” Klymenko said.
Shooting down a Malaysian Boeing
In July 2014, a missile fired from a Buk-M1 launcher hit Malaysian Boeing flight MH17. The plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur and ended up over territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists in Donbass. 298 people on board died.
According to the findings of investigators from Netherlandsthe Buk-M1 missile system from which one missile was fired came from Russia.
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