Ukrainian drones take out eight Russian air defense systems in one strike
Illustrative photo: Ukrainian servicemember (Getty Images)
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed eight key elements of Russia's air defense network overnight, according to the commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi.
The strikes were carried out deep behind enemy lines. Six air defense targets were hit in Russia's Krasnodar region, while two more were struck in the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region.
According to Brovdi, operators from the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed or disabled:
- a Tor-M2 surface-to-air missile system near Yeysk (Krasnodar region, Russia);
- a Kasta-2E2 radar near Yeysk;
- a Gamma-S1M radar near Yeysk;
- two Nebo-SV radar systems near Yeysk;
- a Nebo-U radar near Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Krasnodar region, Russia);
- a Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system near the village of Zelenopillia in the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region;
- one radar system near the village of Danylo-Ivanivka in the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region.
USF Continue Destroying Enemy Air Defense: Tor-M2 SAM System Destroyed, Buk-M1 SAM System and Five Radars Struck on russian Territory and Temporarily Occupied Ukrainian Territories
— Unmanned Systems Forces (@usf_army) July 20, 2026
Operators of the Unmanned Systems Forces continue to reduce the enemy’s air defense and radar… pic.twitter.com/izjFMeGECf
Brovdi stressed that operations aimed at destroying the Russian occupiers' military, energy, and logistics capabilities would continue.
Earlier, special operators from the Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reportedly struck an FSB coordination center in the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region. Around 100 Russian personnel were believed to have been at the site at the time of the strike.
Ukraine also carried out attacks on targets in the Moscow region and elsewhere, hitting Russian logistics facilities, an oil depot, and Russian vessels in the Black Sea.
