"PPOpad" — Hunting Russian Air Defense

Systematic hunting by the Unmanned Systems Forces of Russian air defense — SAM systems S-400, Tor, Pantsir-S1, radar complexes, and airfield infrastructure. Campaign logic is direct: fewer operational air defenses along the route — cheaper and safer subsequent strikes in the rest of named campaigns ("MoLoChKa", "Crimea Circuit-Breaker off"). On 01.09.2026 the Commander's channel elevated "PPOpad" to the level of the three summary summer campaigns.

"PPOpad" clears the air corridor for the rest of the named campaigns: de-energizing stationary radars and other air defense elements through strikes of "Crimean Switch off" on power nodes disrupts russia's air defense system and opens the way for further strikes by USF Birds — this is a publicly stated tactical link between the two campaigns (Commander's statement 14.08.2026, repeated in Euromaidan Press analysis from 06.09.2026).

Sources: Telegram @robert_magyar · Euromaidan Press

According to the USF Commander's statement, in August 2026 "PPOpad" produced the most object-by-object reports among all campaigns of the month. Five key points — from dated channel posts.

31 records from field campaign="PPOpad" in the public USF strikes map for August 2026 (not only "Air defense": the campaign includes 2 "Warehouse/arsenal" type records from the same posts 09.08/30.08, and 1 airfield technical-maintenance section record). Each row — a separate claimed target with a link to the primary source.

September preview (01—10.09.2026)

3 entries with the same field campaign="PPOpad" for the first ten days of September 2026 — partial month, not a monthly summary, shown only for registry continuity.

On August 23, 2026 (State Flag Day) USF announced the strike on a Su-33 carrier-based fighter, a MiG-29 fighter and an Orion reconnaissance-strike UAV at Vityazevo airfield (Krasnodar region) — a rare case of striking Russian manned aviation by USF assets; ArmyInform and Defense Express confirmed the aircraft type (Su-33) by independent relay of the same report.

Sources: Telegram @robert_magyar · The Kyiv Independent · Censor.NET

Aircraft type identification for 23.08 verified: in the collected corpus of window sources (Commander's channel, @usf_army, YouTube @MAGYARBIRDS, ArmyInform, Defense Express, The Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, Euromaidan Press) the fighter appears exclusively as Su-33 — no alternative identification found in any of these sources. The hub presents the aircraft type as Su-33 with attribution "according to USF statement"; do not enter other identification on the hub without a direct source.

Sources: ArmyInform, 23.08 · Defense Express, 24.08

August 24 — second MiG-29 in two days, at "Millerovo" airfield (Dolotynka settlement, Rostov region), along with four radar complexes.

Sources: Telegram @robert_magyar · Euromaidan Press