According to the British newspaper The Times, the Ukrainian military in February this year was knocked down by a Russian aircraft of the far radar detection of the A-50 with the help of the Soviet S-200 air defense system, and not with the help of Western Patriot systems, as it was considered.
The publication tells how Ukraine decided to restore this Soviet system from the first year of the war and trained to knock it down Russian aircraft at long distances.
The first start was in the fall of 2023, but then the rockets could not impress the target due to the change of the A-50 flight trajectory. Then, in January, it was first managed to knock down the Patriot battery over the Azov Sea.
Then the Kremlin understood the vulnerability of its A-50 and removed them from the Azov Sea beyond the reach of Patriot. However, they could still be obtained by the C-200. And in February GUR, the second A-50 was impressed with the help of the Soviet C-200, 170 kilometers from the front line in the Krasnodar Territory.
It should be reminded that a number of Russian Zo-Winters argued that the A-50 aircraft were knocked down by the Russian air defense system, but even then this version seemed doubtful, since it happened far from the front line, where it was unlikely At the same time, information appeared that one of the aircraft was shot down by Patriot and the other C-200. Now this information has been confirmed.
