Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces have released footage from the Polyphemus operation, a campaign targeting russian radar systems in Bryansk region that has reportedly improved the effectiveness of long-range Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside russia.
According to the 1st Center, the operation focused on systematically destroying radar systems responsible for monitoring airspace along the approach to Moscow. The unit described the strikes as part of a broader effort to weaken russia's integrated air defense network rather than isolated attacks on individual targets.
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The operators behind the mission belong to the Roni group of the 1st Center, a formation specializing in strategic long-range operations. By disabling key radar assets in Bryansk region, the unit says it created a gap in russia's early-warning coverage that can be exploited by Ukrainian deep-strike drones.
Recent successful strikes against targets in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the port of Ust-Luga were made possible not by chance but because Ukrainian forces had established a viable corridor through russia's otherwise dense air defense system. Eliminating radar coverage reduces the enemy's ability to detect and track incoming drones at long range.
"When the enemy loses its eyes, the sky opens for our long-range strikes," the unit said, emphasizing that suppressing surveillance assets is a prerequisite for penetrating heavily defended airspace.
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