Ukraine strikes 2 Russian fighters, air defense assets in Krasnodar Krai, drone commander says
Ukrainian forces said 14 targets were hit, including two fighter jets, an Orion drone and multiple air-defense systems, in a one-day sweep.
- On Sunday, August 23, 2026, the Unmanned Systems Forces struck 14 Russian military targets across the Rostov and Krasnodar regions, as well as occupied Crimea, commander Robert "Magyar" Brovdi reported.
- These strikes extend a month-long campaign targeting sensors and launchers guarding Russian airfields, pushing the USF's August count of destroyed air-defense assets to 20.
- At the Vityazevo airfield in Krasnodar Krai, crews hit two fighter jets—a Su-33 and a MiG-29—alongside a large Orion strike-reconnaissance drone. The 1st Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces conducted all three strikes.
- Beyond the airfield, the force engaged eight radar complexes, an S-400 air defense division, and two surface-to-air missile systems. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Saturday that forces destroyed a Su-24M aircraft at the Saky airfield in Crimea.
- Russia previously adapted the Orion for launching Banderol cruise missiles against Black Sea port infrastructure, but the drone has been rendered largely useless on this contested battlefield dense with enemy air defense assets.
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Ukraine's drones hit three Russian aircraft and eleven air-defense targets in one day, its Unmanned Systems Forces reported on 23 August. The strikes reached from occupied Crimea to airbases hundreds of kilometers inside Russia. They pushed the force's August count of struck Russian air-defense assets to 20, the latest run in a Ukrainian campaign against Russia's radars and launchers that has not paused for months. Russia leans on a layered net …
Ukraine strikes 2 Russian fighters, air defense assets in Krasnodar Krai, drone commander says
The two jets, a Su-33 and a Mig-29, as well as a large Orion strike drone, were hit at the Vityazevo airfield in Russia's southern region of Krasnodar Krai, Robert Brovdi said.
According to local authorities, Ukrainian drones also hit several elements of the Russian air defence.
Ukrainian drones attacked Russia ' s military infrastructure in several regions, targeting two fighter aircraft, eight radar stations and several air defence systems.
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