UAV operators discovered and destroyed the Ukrainian Buk air defense system in the special operation zone

During the counter-battery struggle in the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporizhia region, a unit of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the Novorossiysk Guards Airborne Forces (Airborne Forces) as part of the Dnepr group of forces discovered and destroyed calculations of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced on May 25 by the Russian Defense Ministry.

In the process of reconnaissance in the territory under enemy control, the operators of the Zala reconnaissance drones detected an enemy Buk air defense system heading for the position. Having received the coordinates of the reconnaissance, the Lancet UAV crew destroyed the AFU equipment with an accurate blow.

Unmanned aircraft is used in conditions of active counteraction by electronic warfare (EW) The APU is one of the most effective means in the system of counter-battery warfare.

"The command arrives. We take off within three to five minutes. <...> We mainly work on artillery. <...> Sometimes we have to work on vehicles. The enemy is very much blocking the sky with electronic warfare and other interceptors. <...> The Lancet will have no problem reaching the target and destroying the car," the UAV operator with the call sign Rhino shared the details.

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On May 21, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that military personnel of the Unmanned Systems Forces (UAVs) unit of the 18th Combined arms army of the Dnepr group of forces, together with an artillery crew of 152-mm Hyacinth-B howitzers, discovered and destroyed the AFU UAV control point in the Kherson region. The gunners quickly aimed the gun and hit the target with high accuracy at the specified coordinates. The result was confirmed by the calculation of the Zala UAV.