Reconnaissance drone footage released by Ukrainian forces shows the spectacular sympathetic detonation of a Russian surface-to-air missile system and the destruction of the mobile radar vehicle used by the system to track incoming targets.

The SAM system appears to be a Russian Buk-M1, however there are multiple variants of the system and I'm unable to identify it to an exact model from this video alone. For those who are more familiar with NATO designations, this system is known as the SA-11 Gadfly. They're a family of medium range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the late Soviet Union to handle cruise missiles and manned aerial threats.

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