According to the Ukrainian military website, the Ukrainian army blows up the Russian vehicle-mounted mobile communication jamming system R-330ZH "resident" Zhitel.
Ukrainian soldiers posted several pictures showing a burned R-330ZH Zhtel jamming system.
is not clear where they were filming on the frontline.
R-330ZH Zhtel is a Russian electronic warfare system designed to interfere with satellite communication equipment and navigation systems and mobile phones within a radius of 30 kilometers. In monitoring mode, R-330ZH can cover the frequency bands of 100Mhz to 2000Mhz; while in interference mode, R-330ZH can interfere with signals of 1227.6Mhz, 1575.42Mhz, and 1500Mhz to 1900Mhz. The first two are the center frequency of the military code and civil code carrier residence bands of GPS global positioning system .
truck-based Zhitel system provides analysis and selection of transmitter signal parameters. During the Crimean crisis in March 2014, Russian troops used the R-330Zh jamming station. The
Zhitel system is part of the equipment of the Tactical Electronic Warfare (REB-S) battalion of the Electronic Warfare Brigade. In addition to the above tasks, it can also be used to interfere with aircraft communication and satellite navigation (GPS, Galileo, Beidou , etc.).
This is not the first time Ukraine has destroyed Russian-related equipment. As early as May this year, the Ukrainian army locked a Russian electronic warfare position in the Kharkiv area through drones. Then, under the guidance of the drone, the Ukrainian artillery opened fire at a long-range basis, destroying the Russian army's electronic warfare stronghold.
