1/9 A short thread about the massive expansion of SHORAD positions in Russia last year.
1. Between May and September, approximately 43 new Pantsir towers were built for the new 50km ring around Moscow.
To my knowledge, all towers have been equipped (⚡️) with Pantsir vehicles...
2/9 ...since November/December 2025. The "inner" positions were NOT abandoned, with the exception of one or two. 2. Since approximately December 2025, nearly all relevant refineries within a radius of approximately 1500 km have been equipped with at least one anti-aircraft...
3/9 ...ramp. The two refineries in Samara alone apparently received three new ramps between August and September (not yet confirmed!) [1&2] 3. In Rostov alone, approximately 9 new ramps, probably for Pantsir, were built in 2025 [3] - green. Around 3-4 more were added in Kazan [4]
4/9 4. In 2025, another ring of 8 new Pantsir towers was added to Putin's residence in Valdai, within a radius of approximately 20 km (now 19 known towers + 1 EW + 2 radar positions + 1 S-400 + 1 S-300)
#TowerDefense
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5/9 5.First cities outside Moscow, Valdai and StP, are now getting concrete Pantsir towers,
e.g. Sochi [1&2], Vladimir x2 [3+Link] and within a 100-125km radius of Moscow [4]
6/9 6. More and more ramps are now being built near important electrical substations (Rostov, Stariy Oskol, Bryansk, etc.).
Fortunately, we learned five times in Feodosia alone that this doesn't guarantee absolute safety, and nobody believes it does.
7/9 In summary, I would estimate slightly more than 100 additional new Pantsir positions within the last year. ⚠️The ramps I've marked with a "P" for Pantsir can also accommodate BUK etc., or radar/EW vehicles.
Towers, however, are likely always for Pantsirs.
8/9 Just a reminder for the colors of all pictures except the first picture of the 50km ring:
🟡Pantsir towers
🟢ramps or garbage dumps with different ~Pantsir systems
🔴S-300 / 400
🔵Radio Technical (~regiments) (radar)
🟠probably garbage dumps with Pantsir (not confirmed yet!)
PS: 10/9
The most of airports, aerodromes and airbases in the south of Russia were also recently equipped with new AD ramps. (Gelendzhik AP [1&2], Krasnodar AP [3], Tikhoretsk AB, Primorsko-Akhtarsk AB [4], Zernograd AB, Taganrog AB+AP, Rostov AB+AP, Bataysk AB, Voronezh AB etc)
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1/10
A short thread explaining why I doubt the widely circulated claim that there are only 100-150 Pantsir systems left in all of Russia and the occupied territories.
According to the latest information, there are currently ~89 Pantsirs stationed within a 50km radius of Moscow.
2/10
44 towers [yellow] in the new 50km defense ring, built in 2025 + 10 towers inside the ring + 30 ramps [green]; 5 other ramps or roofs in the city are prob. currently empty, but 5 ramps house two Pantsir vehicles.
Recent images show that the ramps did not become obsolete...
3/10
with the construction of the new ring, but continue to be used.
In a wider radius (100 to 125km), some other towers and ramps were built recently but only 2 older towers are really confirmed.
Interactive map of all known SHORAD positions by @Kromark: google.com/maps/d/u/0/vie…
About @kromark s question, how many Pantsir towers Putin needs for his secondary villa in Valdai:
More, than we thought.
Here is another one in the west.
57.940754, 33.132767
@Dmojavensis @kromark 23/y confirmed
territorialny otdel Ivanovskoye, Istra Municipal District
55.904686, 36.906866
CS: 2025-07-29
TF: 2025-08-05
Dashcam from 2025-08-05 yandex.com/maps/?l=sat%2C…
@Dmojavensis @kromark 24/y
Bogorodskiy Urban District
55.919093, 38.538268
beside TSKAD and not at A-107
CS: after 2025-07-29, before 2025-08-01
TF: 2025-08-08
Dashcam while construction: 2025-08-01
@Dmojavensis @kromark 25/y
Shchyolkovo Urban District / Trubino
55.988093, 38.109047
CS: before 2025-07-07
TF: 2025-07-19