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Ukrainian Strike Drones Hunt Down Russian Buk Air Defense System in Multi-Region Night Raid
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Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces carried out a series of drone strikes targeting Russian military assets in southern Ukraine and occupied territories, including the destruction of a Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile launcher in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to Ukrainian defense reporting on March 11.
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According to the report, the operation was conducted during the night of March 10 by operators from the 1st Separate Center of Unmanned Systems using Ukrainian-made FP-2 middle-strike drones equipped with warheads weighing between 60 and 100 kilograms.
Video of the strikes was released by Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces.
Ukrainian operators reportedly located the Russian Buk-M1 launcher in an open area in the Zaporizhzhia region. The system was first immobilized with a strike from a smaller drone and later destroyed during a nighttime attack using a heavier FP-2 drone carrying a larger warhead.
According to the same report, the drone operators also struck several additional Russian military facilities in the Zaporizhzhia region. Among the reported targets were a command post and a logistics supply warehouse used by Russia’s 108th Air Assault Regiment, which is part of the 7th Air Assault Division.
Ukrainian drones also hit a fuel and lubricant storage facility and a temporary deployment point used by a Russian unit identified as “Rubikon-7 Reserve.”
The operation extended to other occupied territories. According to Ukrainian defense reporting, drones struck fuel infrastructure and military facilities in temporarily Russian-occupied Crimea and the Donetsk region.
In Crimea, the reported targets included fuel tankers at the Azovska oil depot and a fuel storage facility in the city of Dzhankoi. In the Donetsk region, Ukrainian operators struck what was described as a training center and a temporary deployment location used by Russian forces.
On March 11, drones also struck the KuibyshevAzot chemical plant in the Russian city of Tolyatti in the Samara region, triggering a fire at one of the facility’s production sites. Videos circulating online showed flames and smoke rising from part of the industrial complex, while local reports suggested the fire may have started in Workshop No. 11, although the exact damage has not been officially confirmed.
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