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Ukrainian drones hit Russian air defence, manufacturing units in Donbas & Crimea
A military operator launches a FlyEye WB Electronics SA, a Polish reconnaissance drone, bought via the 'Army of Drones' programme during test flights in the Kyiv region on August 2, 2022. (Representative Image, Photo Credit: Sergei Supinsky/AFP)
Ukraine has struck Russian air defence system and military industrial units in occupied Donbas and Crimea regions.
The Ukrainian attacks came a day after Russia launched the largest aerial attack on Ukraine with 477 drones and 60 missiles. For weeks, Russia has been launching hundreds of drones and missiles into Ukraine on a near-daily basis.
Just this week, Russia has launched more than 114 missiles, over 1,270 drones, and nearly 1,100 glide bombs, Ukrainian officials told state media outlet United 24.
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In the latest Ukrainian attacks last night, drones struck a Russian facility manufacturing drones and electronic warfare equipment in occupied Donetsk and an oil depot in occupied Luhansk, according to Ukrainian state media. The two provinces make up the Donbas region.
In separate attacks, Ukraine struck Russian air defence systems and aerial platforms in occupied Crimea.
👀 Temporarily occupied Donetsk and Luhansk were reportedly attacked by drones overnight.
In Donetsk, a facility used for manufacturing drones and electronic warfare equipment was reportedly hit. In Luhansk, the target was an oil depot. pic.twitter.com/eLbaocoG8O — UNITED24 Media (@United24media) July 1, 2025
Russia strikes Ukraine's air defence systems — potentially S-400
Ukraine's military intelligence service HUR has said that it struck a host of Russian air defence systems and aerial systems in the early hours of Tuesday.
The HUR published footage of attacks on the internet said that domestically-produced UJ-26 'Bober' drones were involved in the attacks.
The HUR said that the drones struck a Pantsir-S1 air defence system with its crew, a Niobium-SV radar, a Pechora-3 coastal radar, a Protivnik-GE radar system, and a Su-30 fighter plane at the Saky airbase.
'Reliable weapons in the hands of HUR special forces are turning the aggressor state's high-value military targets into useless scrap,' the HUR said.
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Separately, open-source intelligence analyst Crimean Wind reported on Telegram that Ukrainian drones could have also struck S-300 or S-400 air defence systems. However, there was no official confirmation or mainstream media reporting of such attacks.
The possible attack on S-300/S-400 systems is believed to have taken place in on the Kerch Peninsula near the village of Kurortne in the Lenine district, according to the Telegram channel.
The open-source analyst noted that systems appear to be S-300 or S-400 launchers with either a 30N6E or 92N6E target illumination radar and a rare 'Kasta-2E2' radar unit.
Last week, Ukraine had struck the Kirovske airfield in occupied Crimea and destroyed a Pantsir-S1 system and three Russian helicopters of Mi-8, Mi-26, and Mi-28 types.
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