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28-11-2023, 07:46 PM
Kaliningrad Move Hints at Russian Struggles for Putin who is pulling out air defense systems from its western exclave of Kaliningrad, indicating Moscow is struggling to weather the toll of its ongoing war in Ukraine, according to a Sunday assessment by British Defense Ministry.
Russia bases its Baltic Sea Fleet at Kaliningrad, which is sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania on NATO's eastern flank
The valuable, advanced air defense from Kaliningrad follows an "uptick" in losses of Moscow's SA-21 system around late October the SA-21 Growler, as it is designated by NATO, is an advanced mobile surface-to-air missile system, also known as the S-400 Triumf. The long-range S-400 is considered broadly equivalent to the U.S. military's Patriot air defense system, and the gold-standard of Russian air defense.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022. The start of 2022 year, Russia had around 96 S-400 mobile surface-to-air missile systems, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Kyiv launched its summer counteroffensive on Russian forces, the Ukrainian military upped its focus on the S-400—deployed around the Moscow-controlled Crimean peninsula in mid-September S-400 had initially performed well across Ukraine, but was increasingly failing to fend off targeted Ukrainian strikes.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-nato-ukr...ap-1846945
Russia bases its Baltic Sea Fleet at Kaliningrad, which is sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania on NATO's eastern flank
The valuable, advanced air defense from Kaliningrad follows an "uptick" in losses of Moscow's SA-21 system around late October the SA-21 Growler, as it is designated by NATO, is an advanced mobile surface-to-air missile system, also known as the S-400 Triumf. The long-range S-400 is considered broadly equivalent to the U.S. military's Patriot air defense system, and the gold-standard of Russian air defense.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022. The start of 2022 year, Russia had around 96 S-400 mobile surface-to-air missile systems, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Kyiv launched its summer counteroffensive on Russian forces, the Ukrainian military upped its focus on the S-400—deployed around the Moscow-controlled Crimean peninsula in mid-September S-400 had initially performed well across Ukraine, but was increasingly failing to fend off targeted Ukrainian strikes.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-nato-ukr...ap-1846945
