Ukraine has been catapulting drones to strike Russia’s million-dollar air defenses deep behind battle lines

• Ukraine’s Gur, released the video of a fixed -wing drone that mobilized near Crimea.

• He said that his special forces used UJ-26 Bobber drones to hit the distant Russian defenses.

• The $ 110,000 -dollar fixed -wing drones seem to be equipped with thermal cameras and FPV controls.

Ukraine’s Intelligence Directorate (GUR) published images of Kyiv’s UJ-26 “Bobber” drone Started through Catapult To attack Russian air defenses.

The video, released on Tuesday, shows that the local 8 -meter loitering ammunition is shifted from a fixed ramp to the air. Gur said that special forces started drones to attack targets. Russian occupied Crimea.

New start method, fixed -winged Bobber will enter the war without landing equipment that will increase its range or maneuverability. Traditionally, Bobbers comes out of air tracks like traditional aircraft.

Considering that the ramp should probably be established in the region in Ukraine in the west of the Dnnieper River, the drone would have to travel at least 60 miles to achieve its Russian targets in Crimea.

The drones also seem to have been equipped with thermal cameras in a few first -person imaging clips installed by the Defense Intelligence Agency.

It looks like a assembly showing a drone that escapes a missile and then flys for $ 15 million. Pantsir s-1 point air defense system. A second drone is flying to the place next to a pantsir s-1, while the vehicle crew.

Gur described the attack as Pantsir’s “successful defeat”, but did not show images of the results.

Intelligence Agency also said that he also carried out successful attacks on three Russian radar systems -Niyobium-SV, Pechora-3 and Provotnik GE-and Fourth Generation Su-30 Warrior.

A few first -person appearance clips of drones approaching these systems with thermal cameras have installed appearance clips, but many can only be seen just flying close to their goals.

Business Insider failed to confirm the cause of the damage independently.

The Ukrainian media defines Niobium-SV as a regular system of $ 100 million. The Russian forecasts before the full-scale invasion showed that the Kremlin purchased Niobium-SV for about 40 million dollars per unit in 2016. However, they may have been equipped with more expensive upgrades since then.

Meanwhile, a bober, which means “Beaver” in Ukraine, is reported to cost about $ 110,000. The propeller drone is designed for long-range attacks and is known to have a 6.6-pound destructive KZ-6 load designed to break from concrete or armor.

Another example that the war is becoming more and more prominent Cheaper systems To be used to attack and destroy expensive high -level equipment from time to time, Traditional Defense Supply Model It gave a lot of priority to this advanced technology.

For example, one of the largest in Ukraine Community Drone FundsThe donors operated by activist Serhii Sternenko reported that Crowdfunded drones damaged the missile system to at least 11 today’s surfaces in 2025. The fund often publishes images of these strikes.

Depending on whether they have the latest upgrades, these defenses can cost Russia between $ 10 to 100 million each. Compared to, the Sternenko fund said he received about $ 6 million donations per month for the whole budget.

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