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Friday, July 18, 2014

Kiev Deploys Battalions of Buk Air Defense Systems Near Donetsk – Russian Defense Ministry

BUK-M1 missile system (SA-11 Gadfly)Ukrainian battalions of 27 Buk-M1 missile systems able to hit targets across the entire altitude range have been deployed near the city of Donetsk, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Friday.

“According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, battalions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces operating air defense systems such as Buk-M1 are deployed near the accident site [of the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane].

These systems can detect air targets within the range of up to 160 kilometers and hit them across the entire altitude range within the range of over 30 kilometers,” the statement said.

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