"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

As of 02.11.2026, the Commander has not announced new "PPOpad" counter values for October. The last value is 307 air defense elements since the beginning of 2026 as of 30.09.2026 (post №2863, 01.10.2026; for September — 44). The 300 milestone was reached on 19.09.2026, 261 days from the start of the year (post №2829).

Sources: Telegram @robert_magyar, 01.10 (post №2863, September summary) · Telegram @robert_magyar, 19.09 (post №2829, 300 milestone)

According to the USF Commander, in August and September 2026 "PPOpad" produced a dense flow of object-by-object reports among all campaigns. Eight key points — per 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.

Breakdown by type (calculated from object names in the registry, not an official USF field): radars — 20 · Pantsir-S1 — 3 · Tor — 2 · S-400 — 2 · warehouses — 2 · other — 2.

September 2026 registry

21 entries with the same field campaign="PPOpad" for September 2026 in the public USF strike map — the registry and the declared monthly total (44) are different data series, presented 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 on 23.08 verified: in the compiled corpus of window sources (Commander's channel, @usf_army, YouTube @MAGYARBIRDS, ArmiyaInform, Defense Express, The Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, Euromaidan Press) the fighter aircraft appears exclusively as Su-33 — no alternative identification found in any of these sources. Aircraft type is presented as Su-33 with attribution "according to USF statement"; other identification requires 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

09.09.2026 — Anapa

On the night of September 9, 2026, Birds of the 1st USF Operational Center struck in Anapa a carrier-based fighter Su-33 and a Mi-8 helicopter, as well as two radar complexes — "Kasta 2E2" and 92N6 from the S-300/400 air defense system — in the Gelendzhik area.

Sources: USF Commander, 09.09