Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces Destroy Several Key russian Targets in Crimea, Including Advanced Valdai Radar (Video)

December 28, 2025

The Unmanned Systems Forces have inflicted devastating damage on the enemy, destroying critical military equipment

Ukrainian forces continue to systematically destroy russian military infrastructure in the temporarily occupied territories. On the night of December 28, strike drones carried out another attack on targets in Crimea, which Moscow uses as a key military base in the Black Sea.

The results of the attack were recorded on video. It was published by Robert Madyar Brovdi, Commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces.

At night, drones from the Birds-1 unit of Ukraine’s Separate Center of Unmanned Systems Forces struck several enemy military targets in temporarily occupied Crimea.

These targets supported russian forces in the Black Sea region, specifically:

  • the Valdai radar;
  • the radio-electronic reconnaissance control center;
  • the storage and launch base for unmanned surface vehicles.

The targeted facilities, located in the Black Sea region, play a key role in the russian federation’s troop surveillance and command network.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces Destroy Several Key russian Targets in Crimea, Including Advanced Valdai Radar (Video), Defense Express
russian Valdai radar/ Open-source illustrative photo

According to Madyar, the strikes specifically targeted modern detection and command systems, as well as infrastructure used by russia to store and launch unmanned surface vehicles.

Earlier Defense Express reported that Ukraine’s Nemesis Regiment had destroys russian Gerbera drone on its launch vehicle in a rare pre-launch strike. We also wrote that the SSU had hit russian shadow fleet tanker with UAVs in Mediterranean Sea for the first time.

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One comment

  1. I suppose it’s appropriate to say that Madyar and his Birds have become legends in drone warfare.
    Well done, guys and gals!

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