Highlights of the “Phoenix” unit’s combat operations for the week! (video)

09/20/2026

Combat operations by pilots from the “Phoenix” border guard unit over the past week: powerful strikes were delivered against enemy personnel, and a “Buk” air defense system was detected and destroyed while under cover.

Across all sectors of the front where the “Phoenix” unit operates, enemy logistics remain under our tight control: enemy vehicles are burning near Dobropillia, cars are exploding in the Lyman direction, and near Toretsk, our pilots are effectively ending the enemy’s “motorcycle season.”

The enemy suffered the heaviest personnel losses in the Kostiantynivka direction: enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRGs) fail to find cover in the brush or ravines in time, literally bursting into flames like matchsticks. Neither “invisibility cloaks” nor attempts to shoot down our drones with assault rifles offer any help.

Among the week’s most notable targets, we can highlight an enemy Buk surface-to-air missile system. Its hiding spot in a tree line was detected by the “Phoenix” aerial reconnaissance unit, after which our pilots delivered several precision strikes against it.