Ukrainian Drones Hit Russia’s Largest Port 🚢

On August 24, Ukrainian forces launched a massive drone offensive across western Russia, with dozens of UJ‑26 “Beaver” loitering munition drones advancing toward the heavily fortified Ust‑Luga port. Russian defenses—including S‑400 batteries and Pantsir systems, responded with a deadly mix of long‑range missiles, auto-cannons, and layered air defense tactics. Explosive countermeasures, fog, thermal obscuration, GPS spoofing, and electronic warfare added turn-by-turn unpredictability. The suspense builds as a lone drone, battery nearly spent, navigates a maze of pipelines and defies algorithms to hit a cryogenic processing facility. The unexpected detonation triggers a firestorm and a catastrophic BLEVE, reducing the state-of-the-art terminal to rubble. This dramatic narrative reveals the truth about drone warfare: it’s not just about technology, it’s physics, economics, and chaos under fire. This video dissects every phase, from radar tracking to terminal detonation, showing how modern defenders must adapt in real time against evolving asymmetric threats.

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Credits:
https://sites.google.com/ytmgltd.com/russias-largest-port/home
The event on which the video is based:
https://kyivindependent.com/drone-strikes-spark-fire-at-russian-gas-terminal-and-oil-refinery-media-reports/