Over the past day, the Russian Armed Forces said they destroyed four S-300 launchers in the Kherson region and a Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of Lancet loitering ammunition.
During the strikes, 14 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, and ten were injured, a representative of the region’s emergency services told reporters.
“Yesterday, four S-300 launchers and a Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun were destroyed near the city of Kherson by strikes from Lancet unmanned loitering ammunition, 14 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died, ten were injured,” he said.
Not just that, according to video evidence that surfaced on social media on April 26, the Lancet suicide drone also hit a Ukrainian 9A330 TLAR of the Tor air defense system. The Twitter account ‘Ukraine Weapons Tracker’ published a video of the attack and noted that it was the first confirmed loss of this air defense system.
Russia has extensively deployed its Lancet drones alongside the Shahed-136 acquired by Iran to carry out ground-based kamikaze strikes on high-value targets inside Ukraine.
According to recent assertions made by Ukrainian officials, Russia first sends the Shahed drones near Ukrainian Surface-to-Air missiles (SAM) as bait to gauge their exact location.