Border guards destroy three MLRS and rare 'Zoopark' radar in Zaporizhzhia sector

Border guards destroy three MLRS and rare 'Zoopark' radar in Zaporizhzhia sector

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Fighters of the "Phoenix" unmanned aerial systems unit of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine destroyed three enemy multiple launch rocket systems and a rare "Zoopark" radar system in the Zaporizhzhia direction in a single night.

According to Ukrinform, the agency released a video showing the combat operation.

"During the night of April 4–5 in the Zaporizhzhia region, Phoenix pilots detected and struck three MLRS units – two BM-21 Grad and one BM-27 Uragan – as well as the rare Zoopark radar system," the statement said.

In total, equipment worth an estimated $28 million was destroyed, in addition to routine targets the unit engages around the clock.

Read also: Ukrainian drone operators destroy Russian Solntsepyok flamethrower system in Kharkiv region

The Zoopark radar is considered an extremely rare target for Ukraine's Defense Forces. Over the course of the full-scale invasion, up to 15 such systems have been hit.

As previously reported, in the Russian city of Primorsk, a section of an oil pipeline near the port was damaged in a drone attack on April 5.

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