Overview

• Russia’s defense ministry said FPV operators from the 71st Guards Motor Rifle Division rammed and destroyed Ukrainian R‑18 and LF 240 drones on the Kramatorsk‑Druzhkovsky axis in Donetsk region.
• The ministry said the actions prevented the targeted drones from striking Russian positions.
• An 18th Army operator with the call sign Damber said a Molniya‑2 strike UAV evaded a Ukrainian FPV interceptor and struck a Ukrainian unmanned‑systems command site.
• The operator said radio‑electronic reconnaissance relayed the interceptor’s video feed to the Molniya‑2 crew in real time and provided RIA with the intercepted footage.
• In a separate reported clash, a fighter from the Dnepr grouping claimed his unit killed about eight members of a Ukrainian GUR team in Zaporizhzhia.