Overview
- The 1st Azov Corps released footage Friday showing reconnaissance-and-strike drones over Mariupol and said teams patrol roads up to 160 kilometers from the frontline.
- The video shows drones over industrial sites including the Azovstal steelworks and presents claimed strikes on Russian vehicles using routes in and around the city.
- Azov says the campaign is creating a 'sanitary zone' to disrupt supply lines and that the depth of future strikes will increase.
- The information comes from the corps’ statements and posted video that Ukrainian outlets reported, with no independent verification provided in these reports.
- Ukrinform has reported the corps formed the Pilum unmanned systems regiment, signaling a broader buildout of drone units to threaten routes in a city Russia has used as a logistics hub since 2022.