Dramatic Video Shows Ukraine Destroying 'State-of-the-Art' Russian Weapon

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Post At: Jun 03/2024 09:50PM

Ukrainian soldiers destroyed a "state-of-the-art" Russian radar system, according to report and video issued by Ukraine Special Forces.

The "fat" target of the Russian mobile radar station "Kasta-2E2" was targeted and destroyed by Ukrainian forces during an aerial reconnaissance mission on Monday, according to social media posts published by Special Operations Forces (SOF), part of the Ukraine Armed Forces. The location of the attack was not provided.

Video shows Ukrainian fighters in the sky target the prone Kasta station from above, with different angles showing a missile connect and cause a big ball of smoke.

Modern russian radar system Kasta 2E was damaged by Ukrainian SOF operators using combat drones pic.twitter.com/6WnUTdyqz8

— SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES OF UKRAINE (@SOF_UKR) June 3, 2024

"Our operators inflicted fire damage on the Russian radar, one of the latest developments that entered service with the SSO," Ukrainian officials said about the successful targeting in a Facebook post. "The result of the work is on the video. Warning to Russians from the SSO: more to come!"

Newsweek reached out to the Ukrainian and Russian foreign ministries via email for comment.

Ukrainian soldiers of the assault brigade defend the frontline, which passes through the Ukrainian boarder city of Vovchansk, in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, which is bombarded daily by heavy artillery on May 20 in Vovchansk,... Ukrainian soldiers of the assault brigade defend the frontline, which passes through the Ukrainian boarder city of Vovchansk, in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, which is bombarded daily by heavy artillery on May 20 in Vovchansk, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces say they destroyed a "state-of-the-art" Russian radar system. Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images

In February, Ukraine's "Geese-9" group destroyed the same Russian radar station near the Russian border, according to Ukrinform.

The Kasta model is described by SOF as a multi-use radar model designed to control airspace, determine coordinates and recognize air targets that include those flying at extremely low altitudes.

Ukraine said that the Kasta radar system was first spotted in 2021 in the Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast as a means for Russia to counter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

"However, ironically, the vehicles of the enemy station recently became the target of SSO strike drones," officials added.

Rosoboronexport, a Moscow-headquartered aerospace and defense company, describes Kasta-2E2 as a "low-altitude 3D omnidirectional stand-by radar" and provides traffic information for fixed- and rotary-winged aircraft, as well as remote-controlled aerial vehicles and cruise missiles.

The Kasta system is used in air and coastal defense, border control and control around airports.

The newest Ukrainian attack comes as the country waits on 24 F-16 fighter jets to arrive, courtesy of the Netherlands. The Dutch have given Ukraine—like other countries it has provided fighter jets—the green light to strike targets inside Russia.

Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said it is "applying the same principle that we have applied to every other delivery of capabilities, which is once we hand it over to Ukraine, it's theirs to use."

Between June 1 and the morning of June 3, Russia lost 39 tanks, 55 armored personnel vehicles and 153 vehicles of various other types, including fuel tanks, according to statistics from Kyiv's military. Moscow reportedly also lost 96 artillery systems.

Newsweek could not independently verify Ukraine's figures.

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