Ukrainian drone operators have targeted and destroyed a Russian TOR-M2 air defense system and seven radar stations in a coordinated deep strike across the Krasnodar region of Russia. The 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Aug. 2 that its units executed the pinpoint strikes at a depth of more than 270 kilometers beyond the frontline.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. According to the statement and accompanying video footage released by the USF on Facebook, the operation neutralized key elements of the Russian military’s aerial surveillance and anti-aircraft network in a single coordinated effort. The targeted assets across the Krasnodar Krai included: A “TOR-M2” surface-to-air missile system in Yeysk A “Nebo-S” radar station in Yeysk A “Nebo-U” radar station in Primorsko-Akhtarsk A “Gamma-S1M” radar station in Yeysk A “Nebo-SV” radar station in Yeysk A “Kasta-2E2” radar station in Kamyshevatskaya A “37T” radar station in Pryhybskyy A “Kasta-2E2” radar station in Shabelskoy.

Ongoing campaign against Russian aerial infrastructure Operators from the Unmanned Systems Department of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) previously struck a Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense system, a Project 1100M Sargan boat, and a ground control station for Forpost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in southern Ukraine and Crimea on July 30. The HUR reported that the Pantsir-S1, valued at approximately $15 million, was targeted in the Kherson region, while the Sargan boat, valued at $6 million, and the drone control station were hit in Kerch and Yevpatoria, respectively.