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Group 13 uses Magura-launched FPV drones to destroy $15M Russian Pantsir system in Crimea

Operatives from the Group 13 special unit of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) destroyed a Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense system in temporarily occupied Crimea using Magura uncrewed surface vehicles, officials reported on August 7.

Group 13 uses Magura-launched FPV drones to destroy $15M Russian Pantsir system in Crimea

On August 7, Ukrainian intelligence agency Group 13 special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) destroyed a Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense system in Crimea using Magura uncrewed surface vehicles. The operational success was reported by military intelligence, which noted that the exact cost of the destroyed system is around $15 million.

Earlier this month, Group 13 had employed Magura naval platforms equipped with first-person-view (FPV) drones to target various Russian ground assets in Crimea, including a Podlyot radar control vehicle and a Parol-4 radar interrogator.

Further military action was reported on August 7, as explosions at the Hvardiiske military airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea resulted in a significant fire and secondary detonations of small-arms ammunition. These incidents led to the destruction of a Russian early warning radar station near Olenivka, a Shahed strike drone storage, production, and launch facility, and two ground-based command and control relays for Shahed drones.

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