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The Russians replaced their 5v28 missile used in the s-200 missile system with the 9m82 missile from the s-300 family.
The s-200 system was really designed to shoot down large bomber aircraft at very long range.
The 5v28 missile is unwieldy. It weighs almost 8 metric tons , more than the max takeoff weight of a Mig 17 fighter jet and uses some toxic fuel with nitric acid based oxidiser  and also strap on solid fuelled boosters.  I can’t imagine them being easy to maintain and deploy. They probably also take ages to deploy.
There is no western equivalent system. 

 
 

The Russians replaced their 5v28 missile used in the s-200 missile system with the 9m82 missile from the s-300 family.
The s-200 system was really designed to shoot down large bomber aircraft at very long range.
The 5v28 missile is unwieldy. It weighs almost 8 metric tons , more than the max takeoff weight of a Mig 17 fighter jet and uses some toxic fuel with nitric acid based oxidiser  and also strap on solid fuelled boosters.  I can’t imagine them being easy to maintain and deploy. They probably also take ages to deploy.
There is no western equivalent system. 

 
 

URAN-9 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uran-9
Here is the marketing video. https://youtu.be/b_qMMZqlByg

URAN-9 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uran-9
Here is the marketing video. https://youtu.be/b_qMMZqlByg

URAN-9 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uran-9
Here is the marketing video. https://youtu.be/b_qMMZqlByg

Thinking more, about it.  How difficulty would it be to hide an S300 battery in Ukraine near the current battle zones.? Isn’t the country relatively flat and open ? I would imagine Russia will having no difficulty finding deployed ones and taking them out with Ballistic or cruise missiles launched from the Black Sea or from Russia itself.   
Might be better off announcing it, then send in some inflatable ones.