Ukrainian Forces Destroy Russian S-300 Missile Defense System

Ukraine’s military has destroyed a Russian S-300 air defense system near the Zaporizhzhia region’s city of Tokmak.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted on Facebook today that Russia “is trying to hold the temporarily captured territories.” They are “focusing efforts on attempts to disrupt the Ukrainian Army’s active actions in certain directions, continues offensive actions in the Bakhmut direction and the Avdiivka direction.” In certain areas, Russian troops are regrouping.

Ukraine’s defense ministry claims its military has successfully destroyed 177 Russian air defense systems during the war which started on February 24 this year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has annexed four Ukrainian regions -- Donetsk, Luhansk (both in the Donbas region), Kherson & Zaporizhzhia – as after pseudo-referendums were held there.

Russian forces in Kherson appear to have suffered serious territorial losses to Kyiv’s troops over recent days, maps shown by Russian MoD show. Moscow is no longer in control of the village of Dudchany on the west bank of the Dnieper River.