A new victory for kyiv. According to information from Parisian, a Russian radar called Yastreb was destroyed by the Ukrainian army in the Belgorod region, Russia. The radar was however considered as “the eye» Russian artillery, since he could spot Ukrainian fire and Ukraine’s allies in just a few seconds. He therefore had the ability to guide Russian artillery. According to the Ukrainian army, one of these radars was destroyed just a few kilometers from Kharkiv, Ukraine.
«On the night of May 14, 2026, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck several important targets of the Russian occupiers» explained the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Facebook. According to the Ukrainian army, a Russian anti-aircraft missile system «Tor» a également été touché.
A particularly expensive system
According to the specialized Ukrainian site Defense Expresscité par The Parisianthis Yastreb radar system is part of the new generation systems. He holds the ability to analyze shell or rocket trajectories, to then precisely locate the enemy guns. Subsequently, the Russian army can then set up strikes of “counter-battery» against the Ukrainian army. Destroying a radar system temporarily blinds certain units of the Russian army.
For the Ukrainian army, it is also a victory due to the particularly high price of this type of radar, and its rarity. The value of such a system is estimated at approximately 50 million dollars. By June 2025, Ukraine had already destroyed a 1K148 “Yastreb-AV”, and in March 2026, a second, thanks to drone operators well beyond the front line, in the Luhansk region, Ukraine.
