Operators of unmanned aerial vehicles from the BARS-31 detachment of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Volunteer Corps have destroyed roughly 240 targets on the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk axis in Donbass since the beginning of the year. The unit operates as part of the «South» group of forces. A serviceman from the detachment, currently working on this section of the front, reported the figures to RIA Novosti.

According to him, throughout 2026 the unit’s drone operators have struck and destroyed multiple pieces of military equipment. Among the targets were Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, the Bogdana self-propelled gun, a D-30 howitzer, and three T-72 tanks.

The drones were also used to hit logistics assets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The serviceman said the strikes destroyed trucks carrying personnel and ammunition, as well as 86 passenger vehicles.

Some of the targets, he added, were facilities linked to Kramatorsk’s critical infrastructure.

Earlier, U. S. Army Major General Steven Marks, who oversees a Pentagon unit responsible for drone procurement, indicated that the creation of the Rubicon experimental center for advanced unmanned technologies within the Russian Defense Ministry had given Moscow an advantage in the use of autonomous strike systems.