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Media: Ukrainian drone attacks Russian radar station in Orsk 1,600 km from the front

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The Ukrainian military intelligence drone carried out a long-range attack on the “Voronezh M” radar station in the Russian city of Orsk in Orenburg Oblast near Kazakhstan, about 1,600 km from the front line. According to a Liga intelligence source, the drone traveled over 1,800 km to reach and attack the target, setting a new record for Ukrainian drone strikes.

The “Voronezh M” belongs to the family of Russian long-range over-the-horizon radars designed to detect spacecraft, aircraft and missiles at distances of up to 6,000 km.

A source in the Ukrainian military intelligence service HUR confirmed the attack to Liga and said:

“The Ukrainian drone covered a distance of over 1,800 kilometers from the enemy object, setting a new range record for kamikaze drones.”

The shortest distance from the front line to Orsk is about 1,600 km. The 1,800 km route may suggest that the drone took off from Kyiv Oblast in central Ukraine.

Shortest distance from Ukraine to Orsk. Map: Google Maps

So far, there is no confirmation that the attack was successful. On May 26, a local Russian Telegram channel reported that a drone crashed near Orsk and may have been targeting a military facility.

The longest-range Ukrainian drone strike to date was an attack on a target in Salavat, Bashkortostan, about 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine.

In early April 2024, Ukrainian drones reached Russian Tatarstan and attacked targets in Yelabuga, about 1,200 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

Another similar radar station, Voronezh DM, was attacked by drones on May 23 in the village of Gluboky in Russia’s Krasnodar region, resulting in a fire at the facility. Photos that later emerged on social media showed significant damage to the facility.

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