Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) destroyed four Russian air defense systems across occupied southern Ukraine in a single overnight operation on 6 March, SBS commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi posted on Telegram. The strikes covered every tier of Russia's layered air defense — from short-range point-defense to long-range systems — using Ukrainian-made FP-2 fixed-wing strike drones. Brovdi described the haul as an "air defense zoo."
Four systems, two units, one night
Overnight on 6 March, two separate units of the Unmanned Systems Forces carried out coordinated strikes against Russian air defense systems in occupied Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, Brovdi says.
Kairos Battalion — the 9th Battalion of the 414th Separate Brigade "Madyar's Birds" — destroyed a Buk surface-to-air missile system (SAM) in occupied Kherson Oblast and an S-300V medium-range SAM launcher in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Both strikes used Ukrainian-made FP-2 middle-strike fixed-wing drones carrying 60 kg warheads.
The 1st Separate Center of the SBS struck a Pantsir-S1 air defense missile-and-gun system and a Tor SAM, both in occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast, using FP-2 drones with heavier 100 kg warheads, the SBS commander wrote. Militarnyi identifies the Tor system as the Tor-M1 variant.
Together, the two units hit systems representing short, medium, and long-range air defense — all in one night. Brovdi noted that detecting and destroying Russian AD components across all range tiers is "one of the priorities of the birds (drones, - Ed) of the SBS."
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The 1st Separate Center has been particularly active against Russian long-range air defense. On 1 March, the same unit destroyed an S-300V launcher near occupied Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast.
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