🔥 Destruction

The Security Service of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Nebo-U long-range radar system in Bryansk Oblast using seven kamikaze drones. The system, worth approximately US$100 million, was used to detect Ukrainian strike assets and support bombers attacking Ukrainian border areas with guided aerial bombs.

Bryansk Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The Security Service of Ukraine has targeted a Russian Nebo-U long-range radar system in Bryansk Oblast, which monitored the sky up to 700 km deep into Ukraine.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The Ukrainians destroyed a modernised Nebo-U system, which helped the Russians detect Ukrainian strike assets and supported bombers attacking Ukrainian border areas with guided aerial bombs.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Seven kamikaze-type drones hit the US$100 million radar system.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

The system is no longer operational and has likely turned into a colander.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

The Russians have fewer capabilities to detect airborne targets along the northern border of Ukraine.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

A $100 million radar monitoring the sky 700 km deep into Ukrainian territory was targeted inside Russia by seven kamikaze drones

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Fire broke out at electrical substation in Bryansk Oblast, destroying transformer and cutting power to military facilities

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Extracted: 2026-02-20T11:54:14.587Z

Source story: 7451430