Ukraine’s USF strike 300 Russian air defense assets since start of year

As reported by Ukrinform, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces Robert “Madyar” Brovdi said this on Facebook.

According to him, “on September 19, the ‘Birds’ reached the mark of 300 destroyed/damaged enemy air defense units/systems over 261 days of 2026.”

These include 26 enemy air defense systems struck between September 10 and 18, and 37 between September 1 and 18.

Since the start of Operation PPOpad-2026, the USF have carried out successful strikes, confirmed by video footage, against 162 surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft missile-gun systems, 124 radar systems and 14 electronic warfare systems.

Among the destroyed targets was a Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system near Ukrainka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

As reported by Ukrinform, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck Russian UAV control posts, a training range and support facilities in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions on September 18 and overnight into September 19.