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13 of January, 13:04

The second division of s-400 to intercede on combat duty in the Crimea Fighting calculations of antiaircraft rocket complex With-400 "Triumph" went on duty on air defense at Cape Fiolent near Sevastopol, reports journalist Last news .

Army commander Lieutenant-General Victor Sevostyanov gave the corresponding order to the commander of anti-aircraft missile regiment of the compound of the national air defense force and air defense of the southern military district.

Crews came from places of permanent deployment positions, deployed launchers, carried out the topographic positioning and orientation of the complexes in the area and began finding and tracking targets. New division in the 1st phase will be to control the airspace over the Chongar and on the Armenian border line With Ukraine, said a source in law enforcement bodies of the Crimea.

Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, explaining the location of the s-400 in the Peninsula, said Russia has the sovereign ability to take measures to maintain its security, but it cannot be interpreted as a threat to anyone.

1st division C-400 launched a year earlier in the area of Feodosia. From 2015, the Russian army received 16 regiments, armed with AAMS " Triumph ", in 2018, will go into service for another 10 divisions.

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