MOSCOW, August 5. /TASS/. Crews of Pantsyr-S1 antiaircraft/missile systems have assumed combat duty on Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East, Pacific Fleet spokesman Vladimir Matveyev said on Friday.

‘Crews of the Pantsyr-S1 antiaircraft missile/gun system from the air defense missile regiment in northeast Russia have assumed combat duty in Kamchatka," Matveyev said.

It was earlier reported that missile forces in Kamchatka had received six Pantsyr-S1 antiaircraft missile/gun systems.

A regiment of S-400 Triumf antiaircraft missile systems went on combat duty on the peninsula in early August.