Russian Air Defense Systems Destroy Ukrainian S-200 Missile Flying to Crimea
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian air defense systems have destroyed a Ukrainian S-200 long-range missile converted into a strike version that was intended for targeting Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
"On October 7, at about 22:00 Moscow time [19:00 GMT], the Kiev regime attempted to stage a terrorist attack on the territory of Crimea with a surface-to-air missile of the S-200 air defense system, converted into a strike version. The Ukrainian missile was timely detected and destroyed in the air by the Russian air defense systems," the defense ministry said in a statement.
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