Ukraine’s military intelligence drones struck key Russian radars and a landing craft in occupied Crimea on 26 October. The drones evaded both missile strikes and small arms fire, continuing a targeted campaign to degrade Moscow’s air defense network.
Ukrainian Ghosts hit radars and landing craft in occupied Crimea
According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, drones from its Prymary (Ghosts) special unit of carried out new attacks in Russian-occupied Crimea, targeting and damaging multiple pieces of high-value military equipment, including three radar systems, and a Russian Navy boat.
According to the 26 October update from HUR, the strike destroyed the following Russian assets:
- a 96L6 radar from the S-400 Triumf air defense system,
- a P-18 Terek radar,
- a 55Zh6U Nebo-U radar,
- and a BK-16 landing craft.
The BK-16 is a high-speed, multipurpose amphibious landing craft with a crew of two and space for 19 troops. It is often used by the Russian Navy and Rosgvardia as a patrol boat.
Video released by HUR shows one drone dodging a missile fired from a Pantsir S1 system moments before striking a radar installation. Another scene captures a Russian landing craft attempting to fend off a drone with small arms fire before being hit.
All the attacks are filmed from the first-person view of Ukraine's long-range one-way attack drones. However, such footage consistently cuts off at the moment of impact, as the drone’s electronics gets destroyed as the UAV's warhead detonates. This makes it impossible to assess the damage unless separate reconnaissance drones are nearby. Since Crimea lies deep behind the frontline, Ukraine currently lacks confirmed long-range reconnaissance drones capable of operating that far without being exposed to Russian air defenses.
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