Aerial drone wiped out within Krasnodar region territories
In the night of August 17 to the morning of August 18, 2025, a large-scale aerial assault took place, with Ukrainian and Russian forces engaging in intense drone battles over multiple regions.
The conflict began around 21:00 on August 17, as 140 Shahed attack drones and four Iskander-M ballistic missiles were launched from various Russian and occupied territories, including Kursk, Oryol, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Taganrog, and Chauda in Crimea. The Ukrainian air defenses, comprising interceptors, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups, successfully repelled the attack.
The strikes targeted 25 locations across northern, southern, eastern, and central Ukraine, affecting regions such as Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Kyiv. This coordinated assault involved the use of both attack drones and various decoy UAVs.
Ukrainian forces managed to neutralize or jam 88 of the 140 Russian drones and decoys, demonstrating their robust response to the attack. It's worth noting that this was not the first instance of heavy drone activity in the region, as Ukrainian forces had already shot down 40 out of 60 drones during a surprise attack on the night prior to August 17.
Meanwhile, over the Kuban, Azov Sea, and Black Sea regions, several drones were intercepted and destroyed. The exact number of drones destroyed is not specified, but reports indicate that two drones were destroyed over the Black Sea, five over the Azov Sea, and two over the Rostov region. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported these interceptions and destructions, although no information about the origin or type of these drones was provided.
On August 18, a drone was shot down over Kuban. The interception and destruction of these drones occurred over the Rostov region and Crimea, with no information about any casualties or damages caused by these drones.
This intense period of drone engagements highlights the ongoing tension between the two nations and the advanced technologies being employed in modern warfare. The exact details of the response or actions taken by Ukraine regarding the destroyed drones were not provided in the available reports.
References: 1. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-launches-massive-missile-attack-ukraine-says-2022-09-30/ 2. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/10/world/europe/ukraine-russia-missile-strikes.html 3. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62831618 4. https://www.military-today.com/uav/shahed_238.htm 5. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russia-launches-new-wave-missile-strikes-2022-09-29/
- The war-and-conflicts between Ukraine and Russia, as evidenced by the nighttime drone assaults of August 17 and 18, 2025, are marked by political tensions and advanced technologies employed in their general-news headlines and crime-and-justice sections.
- In the context of the ongoing war-and-conflicts between Ukraine and Russia, discussions in politics, general-news, and crime-and-justice forums often focus on the sophisticated use of drones in multiple regions, such as the recent clash on August 17, 2025.
