Satellite images sourced by RFE/RL show the Kremlin has shuffled units from several strategic sites once heavily protected by S-300 and S-400 missile systems, leaving little apparent air defense in place.
Around the Rogachevo air base in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago of Russia’s Arctic region, a missile base that has been in place since at least August 2015 has had most of its air defense assets removed, a July 6 image shows.
Zysk stresses that the apparent emptying of longstanding missile sites does not indicate Russian strategic sites are now entirely without air defense cover.
Kyiv’s drone campaign has largely targeted sites directly linked to Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine such as airfields used for bombing runs, and the invading country’s energy infrastructure.
Air defense units have largely remained in place around Russia’s nuclear missile silos, and strategic bomber airfields.
As air defense systems disappear from the far north, others have appeared alongside more likely targets for Ukraine’s drone attacks.
Other locations, including city parks in Moscow, have been commandeered for S-400 batteries in recent weeks. »
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