MOSCOW. Sept 20 (Interfax) - S-400 Triumf air defense systems have been put on combat duty on the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, the Russian Northern Fleet said in a statement on Friday.
"An air defense missile regiment of the Northern Fleet, which is stationed on Novaya Zemlya and armed with new S-400 air defense complexes, has been put on combat duty," the statement said.
The relevant order was read out at a ceremony, which took place at the base of air defense missile battalions on the Yuzhny Island of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, the statement said.