One radar sees 250 km out. The other measures altitude at 300 km range. Ukraine’s drones just took both out in Donetsk Oblast

Last night, Ukraine's drone forces struck Russian air-defense radars and military depots in occupied Donetsk Oblast, according to the Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS). Separately, the Special Operations Forces (SSO) disclosed previously unannounced middle-strike drone hits across occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia oblasts, and in Russia's Belgorod Oblast.

SBS struck two radars and depots across five locations

The 1st Separate Center of SBS hit Russian targets in occupied Donetsk Oblast with FP-2 middle-range strike drones. SBS commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi reported the strikes. The drones hit a PRV-16 radar altimeter near Huselske and what was preliminarily identified as a P-18 radar near Zelenyi Yar. SBS also struck a fuel and lubricants depot in Valerianivka, as well as ammunition depots and military equipment in Donetsk and Bahatyr.

The 1st Center coordinated the operations with the SBS Deep Strike Center. In addition to the radars, operators hit temporary enemy deployment points, SBS wrote.

• The P-18 Terek operates in the meter band. It detects aerial targets, including planes, cruise missiles, and drones, at ranges up to 250 km and altitudes up to 35 km.
• The PRV-16 Nadezhnost is a radar altimeter that measures the flight altitude of aerial targets at distances up to 300 km in the centimeter band. The Belarusian defense industry has been modernizing the 1970s PRV-16 to PRV-16BM standard. The upgrade replaces analog components, introduces new signal-processing algorithms, and improves small-target detection. 

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The Special Operations Forces reported drone strikes carried out before 5 May across occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia oblasts, and Belgorod Oblast in Russia. In Sartana near Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast, SSO middle-strike drones hit enemy ammunition depots. In Boikivske, they struck a material-technical supply depot and a logistics center.

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The special forces also hit a Russian drone unit deployment in Novaya Tavolzhanka in Russia's Belgorod Oblast. Destroying arsenals, depots, repair bases, and logistics degrades Russia's combat capability, SSO said. The force said it continues asymmetric operations to weaken Russia's ability to wage war against Ukraine.