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UJ-26 Bober ("Beaver")

Ukrainian long-range one-way attack drone (OWA-UAV). Crowd-funded via the Lachen Pyshe campaign for the Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR/GUR). Designed for deep strikes on Russian territory including Moscow.

Slug uj-26-bober
Manufacturer UkrJet
Operators 🇺🇦 UA (Main Directorate of Intelligence)
Role Long-range one-way attack (strike)
Warhead KZ-6 shaped charge
Range 600–1,000 km (some reports up to 2,000 km in upgraded form)
First flight 2023
Sources Wikipedia · NY Times · Defence Blog · hisutton.com

Notable operations

Date Target Outcome
2023-05-30 Moscow Oblast (Ilyinsky) First public strike, ~20M UAH crowd-funding revealed
2023-07/08 IQ-quarter towers (Moscow ministries) Multiple strikes documented
2024-07-09 Kapustin Yar missile testing facility (Astrakhan) 20+ drones, satellite imagery showed scorch marks

Design features

  • Pusher-prop, canard layout with sleek fuselage and inverted tail.
  • Capable of beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) flight — possibly satellite-relay.
  • Upgraded variants integrate thermal imaging + real-time video transmission.
  • Vulnerable to Russian EW but kinetic mass at terminal phase still inflicts damage.

Related Ukrainian deep-strike platforms

  • Liutyi (AN-196) — fierce, $200k unit cost, range ≈1,000–2,000 km
  • AQ-400 Scythe — $30k unit cost, plywood fuselage
  • Palianytsia — turbojet drone-missile hybrid, Mach 0.7
  • FP-1, FP-2 — long-range strike drones
  • UJ-25 Skyline
  • Peklo