Russia considerably increased the number of anti-aircraft defense systems along its borders with Ukraine, in areas close to the clashes between the Russian and Ukrainian Army, Deputy Commander of the Russian Aerospace Force Andrei Demin said today.
“In the areas close to the special military operation, the number of units equipped with medium and long-range anti-aircraft missile systems (S-400, S-300PM2 and S-350) was doubled and the number of missile systems was multiplied by five. Pantsir-S anti-aircraft artillery,” he told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.
The soldier specified to the newspaper, which belongs to the Ministry of Defense, that from the Russian border areas -Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk- to those with the maximum range of enemy air attack means, anti-aircraft defense systems “are located under a joint command “.
Demin added that measures are also being taken on Russia’s western border after Finland’s entry, and Sweden’s possible entry, into NATO.
“The anti-aircraft defense forces are studying measures to defend the state border in the northwest of the country in line with the growing increase in threats,” he said.
In general terms, he defended the need to reform the anti-aircraft defense forces, although he recognized that radical changes in these units are not currently planned.
“Right now it is anticipated to talk about reforms in the air defense and anti-missile defense troops. But this is something that is undoubtedly planned and will be carried out. The objective of future changes will be the development of these forces, aimed at perfect Russia’s air defense system,” he explained.
Last year, he acknowledged, Russian air defense units “expended a thousand times more anti-aircraft guided missiles than during combat readiness exercises in 2021.”
“This directly affects the level of preparation of the specialists and the coordination of the Russian anti-air defense combat units,” he added.
Since the start of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, Ukrainian forces have repeatedly attacked military installations on Russian territory, sometimes managing to penetrate several hundred kilometers.
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