Historic high: Ukrainian drones hit over 120 Russian air defence and radar systems in one month
Ukraine's defence forces struck 128 Russian air defence systems and radar stations using unmanned systems in December 2025.
Source: Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation
Details: Fedorov said this was the highest number of Russian air defence and radar systems hit within a single month. In total, Ukrainian military units struck nearly 107,000 different targets using unmanned systems in December, which is 31% more than in November.
Over the same month, drones operated by the defence forces also wiped out about 33,000 Russian military personnel.
Quote: "In December, our military achieved several record figures using unmanned systems: 106,859 targets hit, which is 31% more than in November; 33,019 personnel losses inflicted, a figure that is growing every month; and 128 air defence and radar systems hit, which is a historic high."
Details: Fedorov also released a list of the 20 most effective Ukrainian units in December in terms of drone strikes on targets:
- Magyar's Birds, Ukraine's 414th Separate Brigade
- Special Operations Centre Alpha, Security Service of Ukraine
- Phoenix Unmanned Systems Regiment
- Lasar's Group, National Guard of Ukraine
- 412th Nemesis Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade
- 427th Raroh Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade
- 20th K-2 Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade
- 3rd Separate Assault Brigade
- 429th Achilles Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment
- Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 63rd Separate Mechanised Brigade
- 39th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
- 59th Separate Assault Brigade of Unmanned Systems Forces
- 92nd Separate Assault Brigade
- 411th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment
- 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade
- 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade
- 77th Separate Airmobile Brigade
- 23rd Separate Public Order Protection Brigade UAV Strike Company, National Guard of Ukraine
- 3rd Spartan Operational Brigade
- Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.
Background: Ukrainian forces continue to increase the number of drone strikes on the front lines and in Russia's rear areas. Earlier, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that Ukraine's defence forces use drones in around 60% of all strikes on frontline Russian assets. He also said that the Russian and Ukrainian armed forces each deploy 4,000-5,000 FPV drones per day.
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