Ukraine squeezes more defense out of Soviet-era stock, pairing Kub launcher and American RIM-7 interceptors to catch Russia’s jet-powered drones
The hybrid has already downed about 20 air targets.
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Magyar’s Birds took out a Buk-M1, wiped fuel stocks, and hit logistics in Luhansk – all in one night
A wave of coordinated Ukrainian drone strikes across three days also destroyed Orion drones in Crimea and a Buk-M3 in Luhansk Oblast.
Ukraine destroyed Russia’s most capable Buk variant 50 km into Bryansk Oblast — 26 anti-air systems wrecked in March by drone forces alone
The two launchers were parked directly next to each other. The drone triggered a secondary detonation that destroyed both systems.
“Air defense zoo”: Ukraine’s drones took out Russian Pantsir, Tor, Buk, and S-300V in one night over occupied south
Two separate units of Ukraine's drone forces struck Russian air defense assets across occupied Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts overnight on 6 March, using domestic FP-2 drones.
Ukraine destroys six Russian air defense systems in 48 hours — with drones they were meant to stop (VIDEO)
Commander Brovdi noted the 10+ kg warheads leave "no chance" for the lightly armored but expensive Russian equipment.
Only 10% of Ukraine’s deep strikes hit their targets—but Russia’s air defense has a vulnerability
To expose Russia, Ukraine and allies must stop air defenses before they're built.
Ukrainian special forces say Russian Buk‑M3 launcher and Nebo‑U radar destroyed in Rostov Oblast
The two high-value targets posed a major threat to Ukrainian deep-strike drone operations inside southern Russia.
Ukraine wipes out two Russian radars and a Buk-M3 SAM in southern Ukraine — precision drone strike footage released (video)
Ukraine’s military intelligence said its strike drones eliminated two Nebo‑SVU radars and a Buk‑M3 launcher across occupied regions.
Watch: Ukraine turns Russian Buk SAM system into fireworks in perfect strike
Footage shared by the Khortytsia Grouping of Forces shows the destruction of another Russian anti-air asset in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian SOF destroy Russian Buk SAM and Uragan MLRS in coordinated strike
They used loitering munitions and coordinated a GMLRS strike to destroy a Russian Buk-M3 and a rare Uragan-1 MLRS variant after spotting them together.
Ukrainian bomber drone strikes Russian Buk-M1 air defense system (video)
Ukrainian National Guard's drone unit tracked and struck the Russian Buk-M1 twice near Vodiane, Donetsk Oblast, causing secondary detonations of onboard missiles
Ukrainian drone unit strikes another Russian Buk-M2 air defense system in Luhansk Oblast (video)
Ukraine's 77th Separate Airmobile Brigade used reconnaissance drones for targeting and FPV drones for the attack.
ISW: Ukraine struck seven Russian air defense installations since Oct. 20
The strikes on 7 Russian radars and air defense systems could affect Russia’s ability to secure occupied territories, ISW says.
Ukraine continues efforts to degrade Russian air defense capabilities, destroying Russia’s BUK and Tor systems (video)
Ukrainians successfully struck two Russian air defense systems, a Buk-M3 and a Tor-M2, using precision strikes with HIMARS and drones.
Ukrainian troops receive upgraded Buk-M1 air defense systems, using American RIM-7 missiles
Ukraine's Air Command East releases photos of Ukraine's modernized Buk-M1 systems, now integrated with US-supplied Sea Sparrow missiles, showing the upgraded 9A310M1 and 9A39 launchers.
Ukraine destroys Russia’s BUK surface-to-air missile launcher, damages two more radar-equipped launchers
The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces conducted drone strikes on Russian BUK missile systems "in the Sumy direction," an area without a front line, implying that the strikes likely occurred inside Russia.
JIT charges four suspects over downing MH17, Bellingcat identifies eight more
The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) was formed by national investigative agencies of Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands, and Ukraine…
Ukrainian experts on the Dutch report: the Boeing was most probably downed by a BUK
Levko Stek The plane that crashed from the sky over Donetsk oblast was in good technical condition, says…
Captured terrorist admits: Malaysian Boeing downed by PRD mercenaries. They have BUKs. VIDEO
“Dnipro-1” battalion captured a mercenary who confirmed during questioning that on July 17th the passenger airliner was downed…
Vostok Battalion commander admits militants had Russian Buk missile
In an interview with Reuters, Alexander Khodakovsky, commander of the Vostok Battalion, acknowledged for the first time since…