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🚨 BREAKING UKRAINE WAR 🇺🇦 Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi warns that Russia could eventually increase a single ballistic-missile salvo to as many as 200 missiles. He says even a much smaller barrage could severely strain Ukraine’s air defenses, particularly amid shortages of Patriot interceptors.

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Ukraine has destroyed one of Russia’s rarest air defense assets in Donetsk Oblast. According to Drone Forces Commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, Ukrainian forces destroyed a 9S32M1 engagement radar, a critical component of Russia’s S-300V air defense system. This radar is essential for tracking and guiding missiles against aircraft and ballistic targets. Losing it severely degrades the S-300V’s combat effectiveness and is not easily replaceable. Another high value Russian system taken off the battlefield.

Ukraine has destroyed one of Russia’s rarest air defense assets in Donetsk Oblast. According to Drone Forces Commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, Ukrainian forces destroyed a 9S32M1 engagement radar, a critical component of Russia’s S-300V air defense system. This radar is essential for tracking and guiding missiles against aircraft and ballistic targets. Losing it severely degrades the S-300V’s combat effectiveness and is not easily replaceable. Another high value Russian system taken off the battlefield.

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UPDATE: Russia fired 27 ballistic missiles at Ukraine in a single night. Ukraine managed to shoot down only one. 🇷🇺🇺🇦 President Zelensky put it bluntly: "There are no interceptors for the Patriot system." This happened overnight on July 31st into August 1st. Kyiv took the worst of it, along with strikes on Dnipro, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Poltava. Eighteen residential buildings, a school, and even a foreign embassy were damaged. 😳 Patriot is one of the only systems in the world actually capable of shooting down the kind of advanced ballistic missiles Russia keeps using. Without it, cities are essentially defenseless against that specific threat, no matter how good the rest of a country's air defenses are.

UPDATE: Russia fired 27 ballistic missiles at Ukraine in a single night. Ukraine managed to shoot down only one. 🇷🇺🇺🇦 President Zelensky put it bluntly: "There are no interceptors for the Patriot system." This happened overnight on July 31st into August 1st. Kyiv took the worst of it, along with strikes on Dnipro, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Poltava. Eighteen residential buildings, a school, and even a foreign embassy were damaged. 😳 Patriot is one of the only systems in the world actually capable of shooting down the kind of advanced ballistic missiles Russia keeps using. Without it, cities are essentially defenseless against that specific threat, no matter how good the rest of a country's air defenses are.

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