{"id":190011,"date":"2025-06-16T21:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T21:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/190011\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T21:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T21:47:13","slug":"ukrainian-drones-destroy-russian-air-defense-systems-in-occupied-zaporizhzhia-oblast-military-intelligence-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/190011\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drones destroy Russian air defense systems in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast, military intelligence says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) destroyed three Russian air defense systems using drones in the occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast on June 14, HUR says.<\/p>\n

“Strike drone masters of the Department of Active Operations of the HUR<\/a> of the Ukrainian defense ministry discovered and destroyed expensive air defense systems of the Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region,” HUR reported<\/a> in a post to Telegram.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s military regularly strikes military targets in Russian-occupied territories and deep within Russia<\/a> in an attempt to diminish Moscow’s fighting power as it continues its war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

A Russian Buk-M3, a Pantsyr S1, and a 9S19 Imbir radar from the S-300V air defense system were destroyed in the Ukrainian drone attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The video shows a stunning maneuver of a Ukrainian drone dodging a Muscovite anti-aircraft missile, as well as episodes of successful fire strikes,” HUR’s statement said.<\/p>\n

On June 1, Ukraine launched a game-changing drone attack<\/a> on four key Russian military airfields, damaging 41 planes, including heavy bombers<\/a> and rare A-50 spy planes.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kyiv claimed it disabled<\/a> 34% of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet in what is seen as one of the most daring operations during Russia’s full-scale war.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency was behind explosions<\/a> near Desantnaya Bay in Russia’s far eastern Vladivostok on May 30, which reportedly damaged military personnel and equipment, a source in HUR told the Kyiv Independent.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

From buffer zone to new front: Russia pushes deeper into Sumy Oblast<\/p>\n

In March 2025, as Ukrainian forces made their final retreat from Sudzha in Russia\u2019s Kursk Oblast, new grey spots began to appear on open-source maps on the other side of the state border, in Ukraine\u2019s Sumy Oblast. For the first time since 2022, when Moscow\u2019s forces retreated<\/p>\n

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