Russian Radar Systematically Destroyed, Creating Deep Strike Drone Path

In yet another example of Ukraine's chillingly strategic planning, it systematically destroyed Russian radar positions between its own drone and missile launch sites tp target areas around Moscow, St Petersburg and various economic objectives, thereby making its attacks on those targets much more successful. JL

Sofiia Syngaivska reports in Defense Express:

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces' Polyphemus operation systematically destroyed Russian radar sites in Bryansk region, creating a corridor for deep-strike drones. The operation eliminated radar systems responsible for monitoring airspace along the approach to Moscow, creating a gap in coverage as part of a broader effort to weaken Russia's integrated air defense network rather than isolated attacks on individual targets. Recent successful strikes against targets in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the port of Ust-Luga were made possible because Ukrainian forces established a viable corridor through Russia's otherwise dense air defense system. 

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces say the Polyphemus operation systematically destroyed russian radar sites in Bryansk region, creating a corridor for deep-strike drones

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces have released footage from the Polyphemus operation, a campaign targeting russian radar systems in Bryansk region that has reportedly improved the effectiveness of long-range Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside russia.

According to the 1st Center, the operation focused on systematically destroying radar systems responsible for monitoring airspace along the approach to Moscow. The unit described the strikes as part of a broader effort to weaken russia's integrated air defense network rather than isolated attacks on individual targets.

The operators behind the mission belong to the Roni group of the 1st Center, a formation specializing in strategic long-range operations. By disabling key radar assets in Bryansk region, the unit says it created a gap in russia's early-warning coverage that can be exploited by Ukrainian deep-strike drones.

Recent successful strikes against targets in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the port of Ust-Luga were made possible not by chance but because Ukrainian forces had established a viable corridor through russia's otherwise dense air defense system. Eliminating radar coverage reduces the enemy's ability to detect and track incoming drones at long range. 

"When the enemy loses its eyes, the sky opens for our long-range strikes," the unit said, emphasizing that suppressing surveillance assets is a prerequisite for penetrating heavily defended airspace.