KYIV. UkraineGate . 18 . August .2022 l War News.
Russia is concentrating a large number of anti-aircraft missiles near the borders with Ukraine and in the occupied territories. There is a threat of massive shelling, at least, with S-300 missiles. Given the arrival of a number of echelons by the 20th, it is obvious that they are concentrating until August 24. This was reported by the Department of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Telegram .
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“Thus, in early August, echelons with ammunition consisting of 28 cars, with missiles for the S-300 air defense system in the amount of 32 air defense systems, left Ulan-ude. The echelon will tentatively arrive at the border with Ukraine in the 20s. By mid-August, more than 120 containers with missiles to the S-300 air defense system had been seized from the arsenal of complex storage of missiles, ammunition and explosive materials in Kotovo,” the message says.
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It is noted that it is known that about 440 TPK were stored in the Dzhankoy area to the S-300 air defense system.
“After the incident in Dzhankoy, it is still difficult to say whether these TPCs were completely, partially or not at all. In the gill (Belarus) 22 km from the border with Ukraine, there is also a concentration of missiles up to the S-300 and the total number of TPK exceeds 60 units. The threat of massive shelling of the territory of Ukraine, at least, with S-300 missiles is obvious. Given the arrival of a number of echelons by the 20th, it is also obvious that they are concentrated until August 24,” the StratCom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs.
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Yurii Ignat, spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that the Air Force of Ukraine did not exclude armed provocations by the enemy on the occasion of the Independence Day on August 24, including from Belarus.
Source: Ukrgate