Russian Military Assets Struck
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, the military branch focused on drone warfare, say they have hit 14 Russian military targets. Among them were three aircraft: a Su-33 fighter, a MiG-29 fighter, and an Orion strike-and-reconnaissance drone. Commander Robert Brovdi, who goes by the callsign Madjar, reported that 11 targets were struck in Russia’s Rostov Oblast and Krasnodar Krai, with the remaining three in Crimea.
The strikes took out eight radar stations and several air-defense assets, including an S-400 battalion position in Gelendzhik, a Tor missile system in Pudovoy, and a Pantsir-S1 air-defense gun-missile system in Yeysk. The aircraft and the Orion drone were hit near Vityazevo in the Kuban area, where the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces was operating.
“Three units of enemy aviation were hunted down: a Su-33, a MiG-29, and an Orion strike-reconnaissance drone. There was also a whole zoo of hostile air-defense systems: eight radar sets, an S-400 division in Gelendzhik, and a pair of Tor and Pantsir launchers.”
Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert Brovdi (Madjar)
In a Telegram post, Brovdi added that “11 of the 14 targets were successfully engaged in the swamps of Rostov Oblast and Krasnodar Krai, while the other three were in Crimea.”
Full List of Struck Assets
According to the Unmanned Systems Forces, the radar stations hit were:
- two Nebo-U systems, at Dolotinka and Sevastopol;
- two Kasta 2E2 systems, at Latonove and Shabelske;
- two Podlyot systems, at Pryhibske and Holovativka;
- a 36D6M at Uyutne and an ST-68 at Yevpatoria.
The Sevastopol radar was engaged by the 9th Battalion Kairos of the 414th “Madjar’s Birds” Brigade, while the station at Uyutne was handled by the 20th Brigade K-2 of the Unmanned Systems Forces. The remaining targets were covered by the 1st Separate Center. The command publishes its strike data on the online dashboard Pidrakhunok.
The reported operation points to the growing role of Ukrainian drones in striking key Russian military assets. Removing radar and air-defense systems could make it harder for Russian forces to protect the region from further aerial attacks and shape the next phase of the war.