Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry released footage from the ‘Dnepr’ grouping that it says shows three Ukrainian transport vehicles with personnel destroyed in Zaporizhzhia, along with a robotic logistics platform hit by a kamikaze drone.
- The ministry also reported FPV operators destroyed a 2S22 Bogdana self-propelled gun and struck enemy UAV control posts on the Orikhiv sector in Zaporizhzhia region.
- An FPV operator with the call sign Rostov said units on the Konstantinovskoye direction recently hit multiple armored vehicles, including Kozak-2 and MaxxPro, and used three drones to destroy a D-20 towed howitzer.
- Ramzan Kadyrov posted UAV reconnaissance footage from the Kharkiv direction showing a camouflaged fortified position targeted by drone drops, followed by battalion artillery fire.
- Developer statements say the fiber-optic recon drone Knyaz Veshchiy Oleg is in combat trials with a reported 30–50 km operating depth, 3D‑printed repairable parts and feed integration with strike FPVs, while a separate firm says an anti-drone ‘shotgun’ UAV called Strelets is slated for frontline trials by the end of 2025.