The Russian soldiers fired missiles in the direction of their colleagues, suspected of abusing the air defense system. Photo: flipio twitter
During the seven-month period of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it repeatedly bombed houses and massacred civilians, causing a large number of casualties. The Ukrainian army recently launched an anti-crime campaign and recovered a large number of territories occupied by the Russian army. both sides continued to exchange fire fiercely. A video circulating on the Internet shows that Russian soldiers, suspected of operating the air defense system incorrectly, fired missiles in the direction of their colleagues, but it is not known whether any casualties were caused and to be mocked by the Ukrainian army.
According to the military website “Defense Blog”, the air defense system in the video is the Russian Pantsir-S1 (Pantsir-S1) air defense missile system. It can be seen in the video that when the missile was launched, Russian soldiers were shooting in the distance, but the elevation angle of the fourth missile was too low and flew towards the left side of the photographer. But it is not clear where the hit is missile or if there were any injuries.
The S1 armor air defense missile system is understood to be a self-propelled artillery air defense system designed by Russia It can launch cannons and short-range missiles to intercept tactical aircraft, helicopters, drones and precision-guided weapons (Precision- weapons guided war). Its NATO codename is SA-22 “Greyhound”. Rosoboronexport claims that the Pantsir-S1 has powerful firepower and can effectively defend against a variety of air strike weapons.
This is not the first time that the Russian army has seen this type of “cannibalism” incident The Russian army is suspected of mistakenly firing on its own position in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on May 8, resulting in casualties among Russian soldiers in the situation . The Ukrainian military also issued a “public letter of thanks” to ridicule. The 97th Infantry Battalion of the 60th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted on Facebook that the officers of the 97th Infantry Battalion are satisfied with the actions of the Russian occupiers and give positive comments and full support.
In addition, the Twitter account “Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer” (Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer Army), which tracks the development of the Ukrainian-Russian war, posted a video on Twitter in June which mentioned that the Russian army had launched an anti-aircraft missile in Luhansk Oblast, fired the After the launch, it was suspected that there was a problem with the missile engine or the homing missile head. The anti-aircraft missile turned 180 degrees in the air and flew back to the launch site of the Russian army, which exploded and catch fire
US officials point out that since the war in Ukraine, Russia has used many precision munitions (PGMs), such as cruise missiles and short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, and that sanctions have had an impact on Russia’s defense industry, causing their PGMs to remain in stock piles Problems, and difficult to reset, only poor unguided stock missiles can be used.
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– Dariusz Zawadzki (@Military_oO) September 27, 2022
This is reportedly footage of a failed Russian air defense system missile launch from Alchevsk, Luhansk Oblast. https://t.co/6ekiNna454 pic.twitter.com/DvHf1heAR8
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) June 24, 2022
During the seven-month period of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it repeatedly bombed houses and massacred civilians, causing a large number of casualties. The Ukrainian army recently launched an anti-crime campaign and recovered a large number of territories occupied by the Russian army. both sides continued to exchange fire fiercely. A video circulating on the Internet shows that Russian soldiers, suspected of operating the air defense system incorrectly, fired missiles in the direction of their colleagues, but it is not known whether any casualties were caused and to be mocked by the Ukrainian army.
According to the military website “Defense Blog”, the air defense system in the video is the Russian Pantsir-S1 (Pantsir-S1) air defense missile system. It can be seen in the video that when the missile was launched, Russian soldiers were shooting in the distance, but the elevation angle of the fourth missile was too low and flew towards the left side of the photographer. But it is not clear where the hit is missile or if there were any injuries.
Russian “Pantsir-S1” short-range missile air defense system. Figure: Turn the World Wide Web (file image)
