Military expert and director of the Defense Express portal Sergey Zgurets said that in order to protect Kyiv from missiles to the S-400 and other similar systems, at least two Patriot missile defense batteries are needed.. He spoke about this during an interview with "

One battery of this missile defense consists of a radar, a control center and eight launchers, each of which has four missiles..

" This is the average amount needed to cover a number of areas where there may be a threat of Russians using S-400 missiles or other similar samples,"

At the same time, the expert stressed that it is irrational to shoot down Iranian drones using this system, for example..

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Recall, the director of the military portal Defense Express, Sergey Zgurets, said that during the attack on Kyiv on January 14, when the air raid alert turned on after the explosions, the Russian Federation attacked the capital with a missile to the new S-400 air defense system. He noted that when working on ground targets, it has a range of about 230 km, and the weight of its warhead is 180 kg..