Ukrainian forces have intercepted and struck a Russian “OSA” anti-aircraft missile system in central-eastern Zaporizhzhia region in an effort to degrade Russia’s defence capabilities, the General Staff of Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on January 30.
The missile was hit in a direct strike near the village of Semenivka in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia. In a separate attack, the location of the repair unit of a separate Russian special forces brigade near Tokmak, the logistics depots of an artillery regiment near Okhrymivka, and the facilities of the 76th Airborne Assault Division in Kyrylivka area were also hit.
Earlier on January 29, Ukrainian troops struck a Russian 1L119 Nebo-SVU radar station in eastern Luhansk region, as well several drone control points.
Valued at about $100 1L119 Nebo-SVU radar station was used to support ground forces of Russian air defence, according to the General Staff o Ukrainian Armed Forces. The system has been in service with Russia’s armed forces since 2017. It uses fully digital signal processing, offers high resistance to jamming, and is reportedly capable of detecting low-observable aircraft with a radar cross-section of around 0.1 m² at distances of up to roughly 100 km. Based on previously published specifications cited by Defense Express, Russia claims the radar can spot targets as far as about 360 km at an altitude of 20 km. This detection range is said to drop to approximately 270 km at 10 km altitude, and to around 60 km at very low altitudes of about 500 m.
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