In July 2023 the Russians started reporting strikes on facilities in Russia and in the occupied Ukrainian territories with missiles launched with S-200 systems.
According to the Russians, Ukrainians have modernised these air defence systems to launch attacks on ground targets with 5B28 missiles.
Ihor Romanenko, former deputy head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine responsible for air defence, revealed that
Ukrainian soldiers were trained to strike ground targets with S-200 systems.
UK intelligence confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine use S-200 as a ground attack ballistic missile.
The Defence Forces of Ukraine have downed a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft from a Soviet anti-aircraft system S-200.
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