Footage recorded by a GoPro camera mounted on a Russian soldier’s helmet captures a vehicle moving through a heavily damaged urban area with destroyed multi-story apartment buildings. In the video, the occupants attempt to shoot down a Ukrainian FPV drone with small arms, but without success. The drone then strikes the vehicle, after which the passengers exit and disperse. The recording also highlights the extent of destruction in the surrounding area.
Ukrainian Special Operations Forces struck two Russian drilling platforms in the Caspian Sea, nearly 1,000 kilometers from the border. The targeted facilities were the ice-resistant stationary platform LSP-2 at the V. Grayfer field (formerly Rakushechnoye) and the LSP-1 platform at the Yuri Korchagin field. These platforms are considered an important part of fuel supply infrastructure supporting Russian military operations. The strikes aimed to reduce the military-economic potential of Russian forces.
A kamikaze drone struck a group of troops in the Kharkiv direction, hitting personnel gathered in the open. The impact caused significant losses among the unit.
Operators of the 413th SBS “Raid” Regiment struck multiple enemy targets in temporarily occupied areas of the Donetsk region. Among them was a modern Russian Tor-M2 air defense system, with an estimated value of at least $25 million. The operation also targeted warehouses and workshops used for enemy drone operations
Ukrainian military used British heavy transport drones to deliver 1.5 tons of explosives to a bridge in the Kherson region over two months. The explosives allowed the structure to be mined and later destroyed.
A strike reportedly hit the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich in Novorossiysk. The vessel is a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles. A drilling platform identified as “Sivash” was also reportedly damaged in the same incident.
Ukrainian forces carried out overnight strikes on two Shahed drone launch bases in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk regions, targeting the Navlya and Khalino airfields, according to the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces. The operation also reportedly destroyed a radar from an S-400 air defense system in Feodosia, a Tor air defense system, and multiple military facilities, including command posts, logistics points, and ammunition depots.
Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces and military intelligence units carried out a strike on the Kirovske airfield in Crimea on April 2, 2026. The attack targeted a base and pre-flight preparation site for Orion heavy strike-reconnaissance UAVs near Krasnosilske. Four Orion drones were confirmed destroyed. A transport aircraft An-72P and a P-37 “Mech” radar system were also reported destroyed at the site. The strike was carried out using Ukrainian-made FP-2 middle-strike drones with warheads weighing 60–100 kg.
The Harpoon unit has released footage showing how its operators use a drone equipped with a homemade shotgun to shoot down enemy UAVs.
The video highlights an improvised but effective approach to aerial defense, as Ukrainian drone teams continue adapting their tactics to counter enemy reconnaissance and attack drones in real time.
The “Apachi” UAV unit of the 81st Airmobile Brigade reported repelling the most massive enemy motorcycle assault of the year. On March 31, Russian forces deployed 16 motorcycles carrying up to 48 infantry, with 2–3 assault troops on each bike. The assault groups moved in formations of 3–4 vehicles from the area of Siversk. A significant portion of the attacking personnel was eliminated on approach to Ukrainian positions. Those who managed to break through were later neutralized by airborne troops and adjacent units.
