The regiment of anti-aircraft systems S-400 being moved on combat duty in the Crimea – Moskovsky Komsomolets

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In August this year, placed in the Crimea 18th anti-aircraft missile regiment of the 31st Air defense division will receive S-400. On Friday said the head of the regiment headquarters Evgeny Oleynikov.

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Shipment of equipment will be made after the initial firings based Research Test Center of air defense of the 4th State Central Multipurpose Firing Range. The place of permanent deployment of S-400 is Theodosius, “Interfax».

Oleynikov said that the personnel of the regiment had already passed re-training at the training center of anti-aircraft missile forces academy of aerospace defense Gatchina.

The 18th Guards Sevastopol, Theodosia anti-aircraft missile regiment was established in 1922 and is one of the oldest parts of the defense. After the collapse of the Soviet Union regiment was part of the Air Force and Air Defense of Ukraine.

In 2014, after joining the Crimea to Russia, joined the Russian armed forces.