After strikes on Crimea, Russia removed an air defense system from the medical history
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The Russian merchant ship SPARTA II returned from the Israeli port of Tartus with S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) on board. On this processed attention of the NORS Telegram channel, which analyzed satellite images and data on the movement of ships from MarineTraffic.
Satellite imagery shows that the air defense systems arrived on board the SPARTA II from the Khmeimim base on August 17th. On August 20, the ship arrived in the direction of Novorossiysk and transmitted a suitable signal. Images from Masyaf on August 25 show that the air defense system is indeed not at the base. On August 26, SPARTA II was already on the raid in Novorossiysk.
Russia removed the C-300 after attacks on military targets in Crimea were discovered. Earlier, Business Insider wrote that Russia began to withdraw aircraft from the peninsula and strengthen air defense.
SPARTA II is owned by Oboronlogistics, controlled by the Russian Ministry of Defense and subject to US sanctions. At the end of July, Russia also exported German weapons and military equipment for diagnostics. Thus, she bypassed the ban on the movement of warships through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, introduced by Turkey since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. There were at least 11 units of industrial equipment on the ship.
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