Satellite Images Reveal Aftermath of Strike on Russian Voronezh-M Station

New satellite imagery appears to show the aftermath of a Ukrainian drone attack deep in Russian territory, as Kyiv plugs away targeting Moscow's early-warning radar systems.

Indistinct imagery shared by U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, attributed to American company Planet Labs, appears to show patches of darker spots around a Russian radar station in Russia's Orenburg region after a reported Ukrainian drone strike on the facility.

The apparent damage may be evidence of fire, the outlet said. Newsweek could not independently verify the imagery, and has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email.

Satellite imagery from Orsk, dated Sunday and Monday, shows "new burn marks near the radar system, but the extent of damage to the system is unclear," the Washington-based think tank, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its latest analysis.

On Monday, Ukrainian media reported that a long-range drone belonging to Kyiv's GUR military intelligence agency attacked a Russian Voronezh-M early warning radar system in the Orenburg region, bordering Kazakhstan, on Sunday.

The radar—located near the city of Orsk, in the east of the region—was more than 1,100 miles away from where the agency launched the explosive drone, an anonymous GUR source told outlet Ukrainska Pravda. The strike set a new "record for the range of destruction for kamikaze drones," the source added.

Russian media reported that a drone had fallen near Orsk, citing law enforcement in the area.

It was the second reported attack on Russian radars key to Moscow's long-range detection of aircraft and ballistic missile threats in just a few days. Kyiv is continuing to "target Russian long-range early warning radar systems" deep within internationally recognized Russian territory, the ISW think tank said.

Ukraine also targeted a Voronezh-DM radar in Russia's Krasnodar region, east of the Kremlin-controlled Crimean peninsula, on May 22, Reuters reported, citing a Kyiv source.

In mid-April, Russian and Ukrainian sources reported Ukraine had launched a long-range attack on a unique Russian over-the-horizon radar system. Ukrainian media reported that Kyiv's drones had struck a facility housing a 29B6 Container radar system in the Russian republic of Mordovia, citing GUR sources in Ukraine's military intelligence agency. A separate drone attack on the facility was reported around a week earlier.

The 29B6 Container radar is also part of Russia's early warning system for detecting incoming threats from thousands of miles away, such as long-range ballistic missiles. It can track the launches of cruise and hypersonic missiles and the takeoff of aircraft from up to around 1,860 miles away, according to Russian state news agency Tass.

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