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Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces sets task of organising systematic work to identify and destroy the launching positions of AFU strike assets

10.07.2023

On July 9, Kiev regime made unsuccessful attempt to strike targets in Crimea, Rostov and Kaluga regions with C-200 anti-aircraft missiles, converted to strike version, in order to hit ground targets

Commander of the combined group of troops General of the Amy Valeriy Gerasimov listened a report by Chief of Staff of the Aerospace Forces Colonel General Viktor Afzalov on the destruction of four Ukrainian ballistic targets.

According to the report of Colonel General Viktor Afzalov, two S-200 missiles were destroyed by air defence facilities, two more similar missiles were deflected by electronic warfare facilities. There were no casualties or damage.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation General of the Army Valeriy Gerasimov instructed the chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate and the officials of the command post of the combined group to organise systematic work to identify the storage and preparation sites and launching positions of C-200 missiles and similar enemy strike vehicles, and to plan for their pre-emptive fire destruction. As soon as possible, take additional measures to improve the protection of facilities from air strikes.



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