Russia Strips Arctic Air Defenses As Ukraine War Strains Military
EuropeScienceHigh confidence — 77/100
Satellite images sourced by RFE/RL show the Kremlin has shuffled units from several strategic sites once heavily protected by S-300 and S-400 missile systems, leaving little apparent air defense in place.
A missile base near the Rogachevo airfield seen in September 2019 (left), when multiple launch vehicles and radars w
Russia has redeployed air defense systems from the Arctic Circle to elsewhere in the country amid intensified Ukrainian strikes.
Confirmed
Satellite images sourced by RFE/RL show the Kremlin has shuffled units from several strategic sites once heavily protected by S-300 and S-400 missile systems, leaving little apparent air defense in place.
Russia has redeployed air defense systems from the Arctic Circle to elsewhere in the country amid intensified Ukrainian strikes.
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A missile base near the Rogachevo airfield seen in September 2019 (left), when multiple launch vehicles and radars w