Russian propagandists aired a report in Luhansk on February 3, 2026, between 8:45:30 PM and 9:15:21 PM UTC, falsely presenting a destroyed S-400 air defense system battery—including a Universal Mobile Mast 40V6M, 92N6 radar, and six 5P85SM2-01 launchers—as destroyed Ukrainian military equipment, according to a video posted by @bayraktar_1love on X within the 29-minute reporting window. The video explicitly shows components of the Russian S-400 system, as identified in the X post by @bayraktar_1love timestamped during this period. No official Russian statements confirming or denying the misrepresentation were reported in the sources. This incident occurs amid ongoing cross-border tensions, following prior reports of infrastructure disruptions in Russia's Belgorod region, including power outages affecting water supplies in multiple districts and emerging fuel queues, as noted in coverage from earlier on February 3.
