Ukrainian forces destroy Russian Osa air defence system designed to down drones – video
Pravda Ukraine
Operators of the 413th Battalion Raid have used a drone to destroy a Russian Osa air defence system.
Source: Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces on Telegram
Details: Ukrainian drone operators destroyed a Russian air defence system designed to intercept aerial targets, including drones.
For reference: The Osa (9K33/SA-8 Gecko) is a mobile short-range air defence system designed to protect Russian military units and strategic sites from air attacks, cruise missiles, and drones.
Background:
- On 31 December 2024, Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) announced that its military had destroyed an aerial target using a Magura V5 maritime drone for the first time in the world.
- On 22 January, DIU soldiers destroyed Russian satellite equipment in Russiaʼs Kursk Oblast.
- Intelligence officers from DIU’s Active Operations Department discovered and destroyed a Russian 1L122 Garmon radar station, killing the soldiers who serviced and transported it in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
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