HISTORY

Still from a video showing damage to the Kerch Bridge on July 17, 2023.

Grain bunkers damaged in the port of Odessa.

Interior of the Transfiguration Cathedral in Odessa after the hit on July 23, 2023.

“Beavers” Attack

Ukrainians are trying to respond within their

capabilities. A massive campaign has been

underway in Crimea and the southern part of

the Zaporizhzhia region, targeting Russian

logistics and command centers with HIMARS

missiles and Storm Shadow glide bombs. To

a lesser extent, systematic attacks are also

being carried out deep within Russia, which

could be termed disruptive in nature. Ukraine

cannot use Western weapons for these

attacks, as it has committed to deploying them

only on its own territory. Instead, it employs

domestically produced drones for these

purposes. Several types have been developed,

though there is limited information available.

The most successful type appears to be the

“Bober” (Beaver), named after the animal.

It has duck-like wings and a push propeller at

the end of the fuselage. Its range is reported

to be around 600 to 1,000 km, and it carries

a cumulative explosive warhead in the front

of its fuselage.

The Bober drones were used in an attack

on July 24, when at least two buildings were

damaged in Moscow, and one drone crashed

onto Komsomolsky Prospekt near the Ministry

of Defense. The attacks of the Bobers on July

30 and August 1 can be seen as almost trolling

Russian air defense, as the same high-rise

building in Moscow's business district was

hit repeatedly on two consecutive days. This

September 2023

Destroyed grain warehouse in the town of Reni on the Danube.

Ukrainian Bober drone captured on

video over Moscow.

Ukraine developed the Bober drone

on its own.

INFO Eduard

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