Ukrainian military intelligence drones destroyed two Russian Podlet radars, a SAM S-300V's launcher, and a truck carrying troops in occupied eastern Ukraine, the agency reported on 28 October. The HUR released a video showing its special unit, striking the targets. The intelligence did not disclose the exact dates or locations of the latest attacks, saying only that the attacks took place over the past two week in the Donbas—a historic region, including to easternmost oblasts of Luhansk and Donetsk.

Ghosts hit Russian air defenses in Donbas

The Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine said its special operations unit Prymary ("Ghosts") continued systematic work against Russian air defense systems in the Donbas over the past two weeks.

According to the HUR, the unit hit two 48Ya6-K1 Podlet radar stations and a 9A82 launcher from the S-300V surface-to-air missile system.

The HUR footage also shows a strike on a KamAZ truck carrying Russian troops. The HUR referred to the elimination of the vehicle and its occupants as a “bonus.”

Ongoing campaign against Russian air defenses

Over the past month, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence and armed forces have destroyed a series of high-value Russian radar and missile systems across occupied regions and inside Russia.

• Earlier in October, the Ghosts hit three radar stations in occupied Crimea — a 96L6 from the S-400 Triumf system, a P-18 Terek, and a 55Zh6U Nebo-U.
• HUR drones destroyed two more radars — a Nebo-SVU and a Buk-M3 launcher — in southern Ukraine.
• In a separate strike, the Ukrainian Armed Forces targeted another Buk-M3 launcher at an undisclosed location in occupied territory.
• HUR also struck a Valdai radar site in Crimea
• The army also hit a Garmon radar with an Iskander transporter-loader vehicle in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

Ukraine’s military intelligence drones struck key Russian radars and a landing craft in occupied Crimea on 26 October. The drones evaded both missile strikes and small arms fire, continuing a targeted campaign to degrade Moscow’s air defense network.

Ukrainian Ghosts hit radars and landing craft in occupied Crimea

According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, drones from its Prymary (Ghosts) special unit of  carried out new attacks in Russian-occupied Crimea, targeting and damaging multiple pieces of high-value military equipment, including three radar systems, and a Russian Navy boat.

According to the 26 October update from HUR, the strike destroyed the following Russian assets:

• a 96L6 radar from the S-400 Triumf air defense system,
• a P-18 Terek radar,
• a 55Zh6U Nebo-U radar,
• and a BK-16 landing craft.

Video released by HUR shows one drone dodging a missile fired from a Pantsir S1 system moments before striking a radar installation. Another scene captures a Russian landing craft attempting to fend off a drone with small arms fire before being hit.