Footage has been shown of Russian air defense missile systems missing Ukrainian drones, leading to their destruction.

April 24 2026 45 229 68

Enemy analytical resources have published video footage of Russian TOR-M2 and Osa-AKM air defense systems being destroyed by B-2 kamikaze drones. The footage shows that before being destroyed, the Russian systems launched interceptor missiles at air targets, but failed to hit the drones.

As military experts explain, B-2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a rather challenging target for air defense systems due to their size. Traditional anti-aircraft missile systems are often unable to target such a target, and surface-to-air guided missiles sometimes simply fail to detonate in time in the immediate vicinity of the UAV.

As a reminder, many military experts and journalists are currently talking about the enemy's quantum leap in UAV production and use. Russian military personnel stationed in the Northern Military District (NVO) are also making similar statements.

Analysts warn that if Russia doesn't close this gap in the enemy's defenses as soon as possible, the offensive in Donbas and Zaporizhia will be extremely difficult to advance. Furthermore, in this case, targets in Russia's regions will be under even greater threat than they currently are.

It's worth noting that the Kyiv regime has already announced plans to attack Russian territory this year with at least 120 drones manufactured in European factories.

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Perun61

+ 33

April 24 2026 15: 23

At least 120 drones will attack Russian territory this year.

Everything is going according to the Russian president's "good" plan: to delay the surgery so that Ukraine and the EU can continue to receive discounted energy supplies, so that they spend less on producing weapons that will be used to kill Russians.
1. anclevalico
  
  +1
  
  April 28 2026 08: 30
  
  Well, it's convenient. It's convenient to do all sorts of crazy things in the country under the sway of the SVO, like imposing various bans. At the same time, the particularly active ones are being disposed of on the LBS. The number of billionaires, again, has increased to a record level. Everything is according to plan.
Mikhail L.

+ 17

April 24 2026 15: 45

Isn't it offensive? But that's just a detail.
In it: it is not backward Ukraine that should catch up with the advanced Russian Federation, but... the other way around!
In the grand scheme of things: with such "proactive" leadership, there will soon be nothing left of the Russian Federation, just like there will be nothing left of these air defense systems!...
1. Dimy4
  
  + 11
  
  April 24 2026 16: 23
  
  But the "proactive" leadership will remain, it will find a home for itself, there is a precedent.
  1. skeptic
    
    +7
    
    April 24 2026 23: 01
    
    Quote: Dimy4
    But the "proactive" leadership will remain, it will find a home for itself, there is a precedent.
    
    One gets the feeling that their fee and villas are already guaranteed.
2. Alexander the Winner
  
  +3
  
  April 25 2026 10: 46
  
  The management is clearly at a loss and cannot cope with the current situation.
kovaleff

+1

April 24 2026 15: 47

The anti-aircraft system isn't exactly new (it looks like the ones they had in the 80s).
1. Mikhail L.
  
  +8
  
  April 24 2026 16: 31
  
  Not new.
  But he was sent to carry out a combat mission.
  And was destroyed without causing any damage to the enemy! ;-(
  1. Vladimir Tuzakov
    
    +6
    
    April 24 2026 18: 45
    
    Military operations require a rapid response and adaptation to rapidly changing requirements. UAVs have dominated the airspace for three years now, and they continue to do so. Therefore, it's crucial to react quickly and supplement them with the necessary weapons. For example, air defense systems should be equipped with twin machine guns, even powerful shotguns for close-range engagements with common targeting. Delay is fraught with significant losses, as we see in practice. The culprits are the Russian Ministry of Defense and the military-industrial complex, which consistently fail to adequately respond to the urgent needs of the Russian Armed Forces.
    1. Strelok1976
      
      +1
      
      April 25 2026 12: 34
      
      And how is the military-industrial complex to blame? I'm sure there are already initiatives being developed at specialized enterprises, BUT! The Ministry of Defense isn't awarding orders for them, and therefore, the funding.
      1. Vladimir Tuzakov
        
        +3
        
        April 25 2026 13: 46
        
        Companies proactively develop advanced weapons and offer them to customers, including the Russian Ministry of Defense. This is true throughout the capitalist world (including the Russian Federation). If there are no high-quality offers, there is nothing to buy. The Russian Ministry of Defense itself can order them, but this often results in embezzlement (Armata, Pak DA, S-70 Okhotnik, etc.). The reason for embezzlement is corruption at all levels, especially in the Russian Ministry of Defense, as evidenced by the trials of its top officials.
        
        Strelok1976
        
        +1
        
        April 25 2026 13: 55
        
        Vladimir, you're not entirely right. Many developments are being carried out on a proactive basis. I know that. These proposals could be exported. But the Ministry of Defense isn't interested or doesn't understand why this is necessary.
        
        Vladimir1155
        
        +1
        
        April 27 2026 06: 27
        
        You don't even need to develop one; there's a 30mm explosive shell. There are effective guns, like the AK-630. You just need the will to produce them.
2. Mish
  
  +1
  
  April 24 2026 18: 32
  
  Quote: kovaleff
  The anti-aircraft system isn't exactly new (it looks like the ones they had in the 80s).
  
  The arrow is still in service
3. Alexander the Winner
  
  +5
  
  April 25 2026 10: 50
  
  Where will you get more? All the money from resource sales has gone into oligarchs' accounts and flowed to the US and Europe. There's no money for the Russian economy! There's no money for R&D, and yet you're holding on.
Leopold

+ 13

April 24 2026 15: 57

I'd like to blame it all on the clumsy Syrians. As they usually do here.

In fact, it's a real shame. And it's getting more and more worrisome every day!
1. Alexander the Winner
  
  +3
  
  April 25 2026 11: 00
  
  Did you expect anything different? Are we mass-producing new technology? Are cutting-edge scientists developing breakthrough R&D? Is the leadership mobilizing the country for war? Are the oligarchs' resources being mobilized for war? Is industry being put on war footing?
  Even Foreign Minister Lavrov publicly acknowledged that a war is underway with European countries! "Open war has been declared against us! The Kyiv regime is being used as a 'spearhead' for this. <...> The Kyiv regime and the Ukrainian state are being openly used as a geopolitical battering ram," said Foreign Minister Lavrov.
  And what is our leadership doing? This is already called...
faiver

+7

April 24 2026 16: 21

So, it wasn't possible to pair the SAM system with 1-2 anti-aircraft machine gun emplacements?
1. nepunamemuk
  
  +1
  
  April 24 2026 18: 12
  
  and put the generals in charge of the machine guns 😡
2. aslanxnumx
  
  +3
  
  April 24 2026 20: 18
  
  And you ask Igor M, he will describe the policy of the party and the government to you.
  1. Cmax
    
    +1
    
    April 25 2026 10: 26
    
    Quote: aslan642
    And you ask Igor M, he will describe the policy of the party and the government to you.
    
    He's disappeared somewhere; the "invisible front" fighter was probably recalled due to his ineffectiveness. He irritated many of the site's readers. More likely, he's changed his nickname and is still making money.
    1. aslanxnumx
      
      +2
      
      April 25 2026 13: 25
      
      He is still on Military Review under this nickname.
      I was blocked there four times.
      I don't want to register.
      1. tarantino
        
        0
        
        April 26 2026 08: 30
        
        similarly) however, now they write whole articles and sheets for the fact that I was blocked
        
        Vladimir1155
        
        0
        
        April 27 2026 06: 31
        
        to the unfit evil moderators violating human rights, the constitution, Article 29, and the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights
        
        Text of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
        “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes the freedom to freely adhere to one's convictions and the freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas by any means and regardless of state borders. "
        
        tarantino
        
        +1
        
        April 28 2026 21: 09
        
        They preemptively banned the Professor, if you remember him, the one with Einstein with the Israeli flag on his avatar, leaving only one "we approve" and admiration for his success in February 22.
3. Vox Populi
  
  0
  
  April 24 2026 20: 24
  
  This is already done sometimes, and sometimes it works successfully, and sometimes enemy UAVs strike them...
  1. Alexander the Winner
    
    +1
    
    April 25 2026 11: 03
    
    Give examples.
    1. Vox Populi
      
      0
      
      April 25 2026 19: 17
      
      There is information about this on YouTube and, apparently, in Telegram channels...
Kiril

+1

April 24 2026 16: 31

Naturally, these air defense systems are not designed against drones, and the video footage raises great skepticism.
1. Mikhail L.
  
  +1
  
  April 24 2026 17: 36
  
  Designed to be vulnerable to drones and destroyed?
  1. Kiril
    
    -1
    
    April 24 2026 18: 15
    
    Think before you talk nonsense?
2. faiver
  
  +1
  
  April 24 2026 18: 22
  
  What kind of drones aren't they designed for? Those aren't their targets, but aircraft-type bombs carrying 25, 50, or 100 kg of explosives are perfectly acceptable.
  1. Vladimir Tuzakov
    
    +2
    
    April 24 2026 19: 13
    
    How about self-defense, or another air defense system against FPV drones? They're right to suggest installing twin machine guns; it's better to create canisters for such close-in, small targets.
  2. Alexander the Winner
    
    +2
    
    April 25 2026 11: 06
    
    Don't you think expensive equipment needs protection?! Just park it in an open field and let it be destroyed? Equipment should be camouflaged! Equipment should be protected by machine gun crews from small drones!
    1. faiver
      
      +1
      
      April 25 2026 16: 41
      
      I wonder where in my post do you deny all of this? And if you scroll up, you'll see my post about the need to cover the air defense missile systems with machine gun emplacements...
Novice

0

April 24 2026 17: 23

Let's see what the "experts" who are so vehemently critical of Israel will advise their military commanders on how to counter the real threat to Russia's existence... whether to draw red lines, or finally take their just deserts...
1. Dormidontov_Dormidont
  
  0
  
  April 25 2026 09: 31
  
  Quote: Newbie
  Let's see what the "experts" who are so vehemently critical of Israel will advise their military commanders on how to counter the real threat to Russia's existence... whether to draw red lines, or finally take their just deserts...
  
  Were the Jews happy?
vBR

+2

April 24 2026 18: 14

These machines aren't supposed to shoot down such toys; they're designed for aircraft and at more or less decent ranges. It's been said many times that small anti-aircraft automatic machine gun vehicles are needed to fend off these attacks. And infantry and any other vehicles desperately need such vehicles.
1. Vladimir1155
  
  +1
  
  April 27 2026 06: 35
  
  Quote: Vbr
  These machines aren't supposed to shoot down such toys; they're designed for aircraft and at more or less decent ranges. It's been said many times that small anti-aircraft automatic machine gun vehicles are needed to fend off these attacks. And infantry and any other vehicles desperately need such vehicles.
  
  This has been clear for a long time! Anyone who uses their brains even slightly for thinking, not just wearing a cap, but the stupidity of some of the generals prevents them from carrying out basic measures to equip the troops with primitive machine guns and small-caliber cannons.
YaKurt

+3

April 24 2026 19: 01

We're fighting in white gloves. They're bombing all of Russia, and we're still stuck with the SVO. They should take a cue from the ovs. The people have been seething with "outraged reason" for a long time now.
isofat

0

April 24 2026 19: 25

Stills are stills, but everyone wants to know when the Ukrainians will fly to the Moon?
NecNoc

0

April 24 2026 19: 56

In March 2023, Fanil Ziyatdinov, CEO of the Kupol Engineering and Machine Building Plant, told TASS that further modernization of the Tor-M2 will allow Russian forces to engage airborne targets still in development. According to him, the technical solutions employed will significantly improve the air defense system's ability to detect small targets, while further automation of the system's operation will ultimately enable it to perform tasks virtually without operator intervention. "All they have to do is press the 'fire' button, and the Tor will do the rest," Ziyatdinov noted.
1. Vladimir Tuzakov
  
  +3
  
  April 24 2026 21: 11
  
  We have a sea of promises, but only a drop of creation.
2. Alexander the Winner
  
  +1
  
  April 25 2026 11: 26
  
  Will we create this miracle technology by 30? Or will we refine it by 40? Is it impossible to develop and mass-produce twin-gun systems for the protection of older SAM systems now?
Vox Populi

-1

April 24 2026 20: 19

This information and video didn't appear today or even yesterday. There have already been reports of strikes on our air defense systems (including Tor, Pantsir, Strela, Buka, and more powerful ones) and the facilities they protect.
bug120560

+3

April 24 2026 20: 28

Until the "highly effective" managers at Rostec and the military-industrial complex realize that every piece of equipment used in combat zones and operational rear areas must have a "tail gunner" in the form of a rapid-fire automatic turret with electro-optical sensors and an AI computer for target acquisition and targeting, any vehicle will be a casualty on the battlefield. The enemy has proven that it has perfected the tactics of combining reconnaissance/surveillance drones with attack aircraft, and it has no shortage of cheap, ersatz ammunition. The fact that we still don't have systems similar to the American "Bullfrog" system isn't negligence; it's a crime.
1. Alexander the Winner
  
  +1
  
  April 25 2026 11: 29
  
  I would say crime after crime or no brains... but apparently that's different!
2. Vladimir1155
  
  0
  
  April 27 2026 06: 37
  
  Quote: bug120560
  Until the "highly effective" managers at Rostec and the military-industrial complex realize that every piece of equipment used in combat zones and operational rear areas must have a "tail gunner" in the form of a rapid-fire automatic turret with electro-optical sensors and an AI computer for target acquisition and targeting, any vehicle will be a casualty on the battlefield. The enemy has proven that it has perfected the tactics of combining reconnaissance/surveillance drones with attack aircraft, and it has no shortage of cheap, ersatz ammunition. The fact that we still don't have systems similar to the American "Bullfrog" system isn't negligence; it's a crime.
  
  Such rapid-fire machine guns and small-caliber cannons exist, but for some reason they are not available in sufficient quantities at the front... this is not a mistake, it is a crime.
savage3000

+1

April 24 2026 20: 39

Maybe Elistratov just woke up, but there have been dozens of videos like this since 22. Torii, armor, and so on.

And the armor never even tried it with guns.
Sergey Latyshev

+2

April 24 2026 20: 43

It's strange that the site and other sites previously showed exactly the opposite footage. And they ridiculed the Armed Forces in every possible way.
Like the promise to deliver 1 million UAVs per year (our media laughed with impunity, but the Ukrainians not only fulfilled it, but even exceeded it). They apparently want to deliver 100,000,000 in 2026.

And then this. It's the exact opposite of the previous jokes—that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are wasting expensive missiles on cheap drones.
Has something "died" in PR management??? Or are they paying for more than just "fun"?
1. Johann Klassen
  
  0
  
  April 27 2026 21: 50
  
  The Ukrainians are an exaggeration. More likely, it's the Germans, the English, the French, and the Americans...
Nikolaevich I

+2

April 24 2026 20: 49

Yet another confirmation of the conclusion: combat vehicles must be equipped with active defense systems! This will have to be done eventually! Currently, air defense missile systems are starting to be equipped with electronic warfare systems, and there are talks of installing laser systems in the "near future"! My opinion, however, is that machine-gun AI turrets and mortars launching small interceptor drones will be excellent counter-drone weapons!
Mikhail Nasharashev

+2

April 24 2026 21: 10

I don't understand who's demilitarizing whom? Wasp and her crew are probably done for; they got hit right on the head. And Thor may have just lost a goose. Such anti-drone systems need to be backed up by Mogs, at least with pump-action shotguns, and better yet, with interceptors.
GBU-57

-2

April 25 2026 00: 46

Can someone explain why drones from Iran aren't reaching Israel? Absolutely not, maybe a couple of them got through, maybe thousands?
KLNM

+3

April 25 2026 10: 01

If the enemy's analytical resources hadn't published video footage of Russian Tor-M2 and Osa-AKM air defense systems being destroyed by B-2 kamikaze drones, we would never have known such a thing was possible... After all, we are the only ones destroying the enemy anywhere and everywhere. And I'm not sure about the safety of whoever violated censorship and published this video in Russia. They'll easily be charged with discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.
Kuramori Reika

0

April 25 2026 10: 30

They whine about drone crashes in Russia, but they continue to vote for United Russia, the Communist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and A Just Russia. They vote for all these useless parasites. And the main parasite is greatly loved by the majority of the population. A country of people with frozen brains.
1. Dormidontov_Dormidont
  
  +2
  
  April 25 2026 12: 03
  
  Quote: Kuramori Reika
  They whine about drone crashes in Russia, but they continue to vote for United Russia, the Communist Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and A Just Russia. They vote for all these useless parasites. And the main parasite is greatly loved by the majority of the population. A country of people with frozen brains.
  
  The main parasite and quiet person on the site is a representative of the New People party.
  I do not recommend voting for this party.
  1. tarantino
    
    0
    
    April 26 2026 08: 40
    
    Yes, these so-called New People refused to vote for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation's proposal to lift the blockades, which kind of hints at
was_bornin

0

April 25 2026 10: 34

There's one thing I still don't understand. Is it really that hard to make an automatic, rapid-fire, belt-fed shotgun that would reliably shut down drone attacks within the last hundred meters? Mount it on a tripod and have a single-person SAM crew?
1. Alexander the Winner
  
  0
  
  April 25 2026 11: 44
  
  Drones can enter from four directions simultaneously, but this requires an error reserve; there must be 5 shooters with a target acquisition field of 90 degrees.
2. bug120560
  
  +1
  
  April 25 2026 16: 09
  
  was_bornin, do you really not understand? Let me put it simply: the success of FPV drones lies in their abundance, low cost, small size, relative silence, and speeds of around 100-150 km/h. So, a drone or drones must first be detected before they can be destroyed. So, for even a highly trained shooter, hitting such a target is a matter of pure luck, more likely a matter of chance.
3. Vladimir1155
  
  0
  
  April 27 2026 06: 39
  
  There are such products as cal 12.7 and 30 mm, why they are not used is unclear, betrayal and sabotage
mykola kovacs

+2

April 25 2026 11: 05

So, where are the most ordinary, simple, old ZU23, quadruple 14mm machine guns, DShK doubles and quadruples, and Utes, which are plentiful in warehouses? There's also a pile of 25mm and 57mm anti-aircraft guns, which were removed from service due to the presence of stupid generals in the Ministry of Defense and thieves appointed there by the Kremlin.
Alexander

-2

April 25 2026 14: 15

Analysts warn that if Russia does not close this gap in the enemy's defenses in the near future, the offensive in Donbas and Zaporizhzhia will be very difficult to develop.

We urgently need to swap weapons with Iran. We'll give them Poseidon and Burevestnik, and they'll give us a bunch of advanced drones and other really necessary weapons. We don't need these terrifying things anyway, and even less so after Russia's collapse. They'll just sell them for scrap.
PS: We're killing two birds with one stone: the US lifts the naval blockade of Iran, pays reparations, and forces the attack back onto its own territory. Russia, meanwhile, gains new capabilities on the Ukrainian front and will be able to fight for at least another four years, until the Ukrainian Armed Forces acquire more advanced drones. Then we'll see what happens next. At worst, we'll draw up an expanded list of targets in Europe.
tarantino

0

April 26 2026 08: 51

Apparently, the drone was low and close, and the missile didn't have time to aim.
Alexander

-2

April 26 2026 12: 36

Quote: GBU-57
Can someone explain why drones from Iran aren't reaching Israel? Absolutely not, maybe a couple of them got through, maybe thousands?

Of course it can...
https://www.google.com/search
Alexander

-1

April 26 2026 12: 47

Quote: was_bornin
There's one thing I still don't understand. Is it really that hard to make an automatic, rapid-fire, belt-fed shotgun that would reliably shut down drone attacks within the last hundred meters?

We don't do such nonsense, we only make things that no one else in the world has: Poseidons, Burevestniks, Oreshniks, Peresvets, etc. So that Russia's enemies are scared to death already at the design stage, not to mention the finished products.
Yan Yanov

0

April 26 2026 14: 56

I think Dmitry Anatolyevich will write a tweet about this.