️The Russian air defense military base on Mount Ai-Petri was damaged as a result of the morning missile attack on Crimea. The commander of the military unit died
Today, May 13, at around 6 am, several missiles (presumably Storm Shadow) attacked military unit 85683 on Mount Ai-Petri in Crimea, sources in the emergency services of the annexed region told ASTRA. On the mountain there is a “secret” military air defense base of the 3rd Radio Engineering Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces.
As a result of the missile hit, the territory of the military unit was damaged, the commander of military unit 85683, Alexander Kulakov, and another serviceman were killed. There are also wounded, their number is being determined.
During the Soviet years, the Radio Engineering Center for Long-Range Reconnaissance and Air Defense Guidance was created on the top of Mount Ai-Petri. The domes of protective radar structures in the form of balls often attracted the attention of tourists. Radar systems are hidden under these domes, Crimea previously wrote . Realities." A military camp has also been set up for those who service these facilities.
The 3rd Radio Engineering Regiment is a military formation within the radio engineering troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Formed in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation on the basis of the 40th radio-technical brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force. The headquarters is located in the city of Sevastopol.
In the photo: an air defense base on the top of Mount Ai-Petri, archival photo; archival publications about military unit 85683.
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