Buk, Tor, Kasta, Tunguska—Russia’s air defense menu shrinks by $131 million in another seven days
The destruction came in the drone forces' strikes across occupied Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Russia's Bryansk Oblast over the past week.
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Pantsir and Tor anti-air systems, two radars: what Ukraine’s drone forces destroyed in the first 48 hours of May
The 1-2 May haul follows 38 Russian air defense and radar units the same forces destroyed in April alone, the SBS commander reported.
Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s Mi-28 gunship and Mi-17 transport chopper 150+ km from the frontline
A joint operation by elite Ukrainian drone units and the SBU's Alpha special forces caught the rotorcraft refueling at a forward field airstrip in Russia's Voronezh Oblast on 29 April.
Ukraine drone forces expand kill zone into occupied regions, commander says: Russia’s trains, comms towers, and depots struck
FP-2 mid-range drones did the work across occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts between 23 and 25 April, the SBS commander said.
Ukraine is building a bigger deep-strike drone machine — middle- and deep-strike operations both scaling up, more units from May
The drone forces say they already run more than 100,000 combat sorties a month. Now its commander is formally expanding the tiers that reach deepest into Russian territory.
A boat with no crew just shot down a Shahed. Ukraine says it’s a world first
The 412th Nemesis Brigade's unmanned surface platform launched an interceptor drone that downed a Russian long-range kamikaze drone — creating what Ukraine calls a new layer of air defense over the sea.
SBU and drone forces destroy Russian fuel trains near Luhansk, cutting supplies to frontline troops
FP-2 drones struck railway tankers and damaged rail infrastructure Russia uses to sustain mechanized units on the front.
Ukraine’s drone forces count their air defense kills by the fortnight — 12 in the first two weeks of April alone
BS commander Robert Brovdi's video release shows the pace of Ukraine's systematic anti-air campaign: Tor-M1s in Mariupol and Luhansk, a Pantsir-S1 in Donetsk Oblast, rear bases, ammo depots — four units, 14 days, 12 systems.
Ukraine hit Crimea’s key fuel hub and struck deep into Luhansk Oblast — while clearing more air defenses across the occupied south
The Feodosiia Marine Oil Terminal fire was visible over 20 km away and confirmed by NASA FIRMS; in separate strikes that week, Ukrainian forces also destroyed a Buk-M3, Tor-M2, and a Zoopark-1M radar Brovdi called "a fierce enemy" of Ukrainian artillery.
Ukraine strikes Russian Frigate Admiral Grigorovich, launching its air defense missiles at drones in Russia’s primary Black Sea port (VIDEO)
Admiral Grigorovich carries the missiles that strike Ukrainian cities. Last night, it learned what it feels like to be on the receiving end.
Ukraine’s big boom FP-2 drones just blew up four Russian Orions inside their Crimean hangar
As recently as last year, Ukraine concentrated most of its drone strikes directly over the front line. That's changing.
The hottest point on 1,200 km of front — and Ukraine just held it for another week, top commander says
Four brigades repelled 291 Russian attacks across multiple sub-sectors of the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad area, prompting a personal visit from the commander-in-chief.
The south in flames of great war: Ukrainian army reclaims 470 square kilometers of land in bloody confrontation
Russian forces launch record drone attacks that analysts say are designed to distract from catastrophic losses and a failing spring offensive.
Ukraine’s Litavr just intercepted Shahed in way nobody had before and set world’s record
Litavr hit a Shahed from 60 km away.
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.
ISW: Ukraine’s drones pressure Russian command at every level — tactical, operational, strategic — likely disrupting spring offensive
Ukrainian forces conducted 365 mid-range strikes between March 2025 and March 2026, a third of them in the last three months alone, using domestically produced drones.
Russia launched what may be the start of its spring offensive on 17 March — and lost 900 troops in 36 hours without breaking through anywhere along a 100-kilometer front
Russian forces launched multi-sector assaults along the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia fronts on 17–18 March, suffering heavy casualties without…
Ukraine’s drones killed a Tor in Donetsk. Then a Grad in Zaporizhzhia. Same day.
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces carried out both strikes in coordination with the Center for Deep Strikes.
“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 brings home 300 more soldiers and two civilians on second day of POW swap — 500 freed in total over two days
Ukraine confirmed the final stage of the exchange agreed in Geneva, returning soldiers from across all branches — including Mariupol defenders held since 2022.