Ukraine Russia war latest: Kyiv strikes three Russian air defence systems as surprise Kursk attack rolls on – UK Times

Ukraine has claimed to have destroyed three Russian air defence systems in just one day, worth tens of millions of pounds.

Ukrainian navy commander Oleksii Neizhpapa said they had hit two Russian anti-missile Pantsir-S1 systems and one OSA anti-aircraft vehicle in one day. The Pantsir’s have an estimated value of $15m (£12m).

“Our soldiers continue to turn Russian equipment into scrap metal,” he wrote on a Facebook post.

He shared a video apparently showing a drone hitting a Pantsir-S1 vehicle. Both Pantsir-S1’s were destroyed  in occupied Kherson, southern Ukraine, he added.

It comes as Ukraine has launched a surprise counterattack in the Russian border region of Kursk, targeting “at least three” different points of the frontline in that direction.

According to war trackers, Ukrainian troops launched a second day of multiple attacks on Sunday on the eastern and western flank of what they already control in Kursk, after partially capturing the region last August.

The Institute for the Study of War, a US-based think tank mapping the frontline, said Ukraine had made advances to the northeast of Sudzha, the only city in Kusk controlled by Kyiv.