RUSSIA, BELGOROD OBLAST, Mar. 4 — Special forces unit Lasar’s Group and the 429th Unmanned Systems Regiment Achilles attacked a Russian missile system S-400 Triumf worth $1 billion in the Belgorod region, said the press service of the Lasar’s Group.

After joint analytical work, the Achilles aerial reconnaissance explored the Russian territory and detected an anti-aircraft missile system. They passed the information about it to Lasar’s Group.

Ukrainian drones flew to the area where the S-400 Triumf was located and targeted it. As a result, the military significantly reduced the activity of Russian air defense forces in the Kharkiv direction, the press service said.

“In November 2025, Lasar’s Group founder Colonel Pavel ‘Lazar’ Yelizarov said in an interview with Forbes that he would like to see his unit destroy the S-400 Triumf. And recently, his wish came true,” noted the press service.

Lasar’s Group also noted that now their combat record includes the destruction of all types of Russian ground targets.

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