How Ukraine Fooled Russian Air Defences: First Inside Story Of The Decoy Strike – India’s Enemies, Take Note | World News
New Delhi: A Ukrainian drone operator, known as ‘Shadow’, shared an internal account of a bold mission that reduces a Russian S – 400 air defense system. This operation, which was centered in Kursk Obas near Bolshoe Zhorovo, took place on November 22, 22 November last year.
‘Shadow’, satellite images S – 400 after identifying the location of the task joined. He used drones and human intelligence to monitor S-400 technicians from Almaz-Anty who repaired the radar and missile launcher. ‘Shadow’ says these components are not yet fully working.
The drone surveillance crew positioned themselves, about 80 kilometers away. Krasukha – 4 and repellent – 1 trapped electronic war systems, system, radar units, missiles, and nearby fuel trucks, such as stuck GPS signals.
In contrast, the team deployed the trap drones emitting the wrong GPS signals to confuse this Russian jam.
That evening around 21:45, three Atacms missiles from Himars systems were launched. Shadow says the first missile destroyed the radar, the latter hit the launcher, and the third hit the ammunition tank.
The explosion pointed to a great success. Shadow remembered the moment as a deep relief and said that S – 400 poses a real threat to Ukraine cities.
The task was faced with high risk. GPS Jammers threatened missile navigation. Repair teams were available. Success was far from being guaranteed. But the strike worked. S – 400 was destroyed.
The Ukrainian army initially announced the stroke of S – 400 with missile strikes in late November. Now with Shadow’s account, full picture emerges.
Analysts in Kiev see the operation as proof that even Russia’s most advanced systems can be vulnerable.
In Moscow, the official reaction was silenced. The Ministry of Defense confirmed the attack, but rejected that S – 400 was destroyed. Russian military bloggers called their intelligence and logistics failures.
The mission shows how Ukraine combines the right satellite data, drone control, human intelligence and advanced missile systems to overcome the enemy of Ukraine. The target may be repaired, but the effect continues to be strong. Ukraine turned a quiet Russian symbol into a ruin of smoking.
