Photos of destroyed S-300V SAM launchers of the Russian invaders in the Zaporizhzhia region have been posted online.

The Telegram channel War in Ukraine. Equipment losses published the photo.

As noted, elements of the Russian air defense systems were destroyed on the temporarily occupied territory last February.

Preliminarily, these were the 9A83M2 launcher and the 9A85-2 launcher-loader of the 9K81M2 S-300V4 system.

The photo captures the powerful burning of two vehicles and parts of transport and launch containers scattered around.

The exact location of the Russian air defense system position and what caused their destruction is currently unknown.

Presumably, the SAM systems were hit by the long-range firepower of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, possibly by a precision strike from M142 HIMARS, which regularly destroys enemy air defense systems.

S-300V air defense system

The S-300V is an air defense system for the ground forces that started to enter service in 1983 under the name S-300V1. All elements of the SAM are self-propelled and mounted on tracked chassis.

The system is designed to defend important state, military, and industrial facilities, as well as troop groups, against aircraft, ballistic, and tactical missiles using two types of anti-aircraft missiles.

As a result of the deep modernization of the S-300V, the Russian Federation has developed the S-300VM Antey-2500 modification, armed with new anti-aircraft guided missiles with an increased range and improved other characteristics.

Last year, the drones of Ukrainian special forces neutralized the Russian S-300VM air defense system.

Ukrainian artillery also destroyed elements of the S-300V air defense system in the enemy’s rear in the Kherson region.