Bashtanka's Territorial Defence Fighters Seize Three Russian Pantsir S1s

Each of them is worth $15m.

The Bashtanka militaryhas captured and dismantled a Russian Pantsir-S1 SAM system worth $15m. The two surviving complexes were most likely handed over to the Armed Forces by the Bashtanka military.

Censor.net editor-in-chief Yury Butusov wrote about it on his page and published a video from the battle site.

"Reportage from Bashtanka - the city of Ukrainian military glory, the place of feat, where there will be great monuments to Ukrainian attack and helicopter pilots and territorial defence fighters. Their skills and sacrifice saved Central Ukraine from the rapid breakthrough of Russian columns.

It is here, near Bashtanka, the famous super-modern Russian Pantsir S1 anti-aircraft missile system is still located. Somehow, it has not been stolen for scrap metal. The missiles and part of the radar have survived. One can see that the Russians managed to launch two missiles.

I ask respected Bashtanka people to save at least remains of Pantsir for the history! Your children and grandchildren will go here to the place of valour of fathers and grandfathers!

Locals say that two more intact Pantsir systems were taken by Ukrainian soldiers," Butusov wrote in a comment to the video.