Russia to deploy S-400 missile systems in occupied Crimea for "protection from Ukraine" – Russian media

The second division of the S-400 land-to-air missile system, stationed in the occupied port city of Sevastopol, will primarily control the airspace over Chonhar and Armiansk – the two settlements located on opposite sides of the de-facto administrative border between mainland Ukraine and the Russian-occupied peninsula, RIA Novosti wrote.

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The invaders said that an echeloned air defense system is being formed in Crimea amid Ukraine’s missile tests conducted in the area recently.