22.19 Russian troops lost more than 200 sq. km on the main offensive line in the Donetsk region and a key bridgehead near Liman. This thwarted the Russian Federation's plans to encircle the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration from the north. This was reported by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), OSINT analyst Clement Molin, and later confirmed by Rochan Consulting.
21:43 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has urgently convened ministers, representatives of the army and special services due to Russian strikes on Ukraine near the Polish border, government spokesman Adam Szlapka said.
The topic of the unscheduled meeting is the security situation.
20.28 During the day, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 323 strike drones, including 14 jets. Ukrainian air defense destroyed the absolute majority of enemy targets, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
According to preliminary data, 310 UAVs were shot down/suppressed by air defense, including nine of them jets.
19.27 Ukrzaliznytsia suggested that the target of the Russian drone on the border with Poland could well have been a diplomatic train that left the station earlier than scheduled.
Two kilometers from the border with Poland, Russian troops struck a passenger train locomotive.
"Shortly before the locomotive was hit on the border of Ukraine and Poland, a diplomatic train was at the Yagodyn station, carrying, among others, security advisers from several EU member states and former European leaders, including former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Former CIA chief David Petraeus was on another train that was at the Yagodyn station at the time of this attack," the report noted.
As noted, the jet drone was detected by the dispatcher of the Central Monitoring Group and gave the evacuation signal literally 15 minutes before the hit.
"It is quite likely that the target of this Russian drone could have been a diplomatic train, which departed the station earlier than scheduled as part of a real-time review of train schedules due to the constant threat of Russian strikes," the company added.
18.33 Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov complained about statements by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about plans to strike at Russian energy, calling it "another step of escalation." Putin's spokesman is quoted by Russian media.
"The president has repeatedly mentioned the same plans for 40 days to deliver a devastating blow to Russia, to the Russian economy. This was a significant escalating step. This is a new statement in an escalating style," Peskov said.
17.24 The Russian attack on western Ukraine posed a "real and imminent" threat to Poland. This was stated by Lieutenant Colonel Jacek Horyszewski, a representative of the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command, in an interview with RMF24.
"The drones were operating and even hit targets located very close to the border with Poland, at a distance of several to several kilometers," Horyshevsky explained.
16.59 US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine should stop attacks on Russian energy, saying that this is leading to a shortage of diesel fuel. The head of the White House told reporters during a visit to the Irish Open golf championship, Bloomberg reports.
16.42 Russian troops shelled one of the districts of Kherson during the day. As a result of the hit, outbuildings caught fire. The State Emergency Service was informed about the consequences of the attack.
According to preliminary information, three people were injured.
15.54 The Russian army carried out another massive attack on Odessa and the region. The strikes injured 24 people, including children. The details of the shelling were reported by the State Emergency Service.
As a result of enemy strikes in the region, multi-story residential buildings, warehouses and utility buildings, as well as a car service center, were damaged.
14.51 Brigadier General Denys "Redis" Prokopenko assumed command of the Azov Group of Forces.
Prokopenko began serving in the Azov Battalion in 2014. He participated in the battles for Maryinka and Ilovaisk, as well as in the defense of Mariupol. In 2017, at the age of 26, he became the commander of the Azov Regiment, and at that time was the youngest regiment commander in the history of the National Guard and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the corps' press service, Prokopenko's main merit is the reformatting of Azov from a volunteer unit to a professional combat unit.
During the defense of Mariupol, on March 19, 2022, President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Prokopenko the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Order of the Gold Star. On April 7, 2025, Prokopenko was appointed commander of the 1st Corps of the Azov Naval Forces.
14.31 Due to Russian attacks on railway infrastructure, large-scale train delays have been recorded - dozens of flights are running with a deviation from the schedule ranging from two to more than 18 hours.
13.57 On the night of September 13, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck two Russian refineries in the Krasnodar Territory and Tatarstan. One of the targets was the Slavyansky oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation. After the strike, a fire was recorded on the territory of the enterprise.
Slavyansky is one of the largest independent refineries in southern Russia. The enterprise is capable of processing about 5.2 million tons of oil per year. The plant produces motor gasoline, oil, fuel oil, vacuum gas oil and aviation kerosene. The refinery is also involved in meeting the needs of the Russian troops.
The second oil refinery hit by Ukrainian forces was the Taneko plant in Nizhnekamsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan. A fire was recorded at one of the tanks on the refinery's territory.
13:30 During the day, starting on the morning of September 12, Russian troops attacked four gas stations in the Zhytomyr region.
As a result of the attacks on the Zhytomyr region on September 12 and 13, two people were killed and two more were hospitalized with injuries. Fuel and transport infrastructure facilities, civilian buildings, and private property were damaged.
In total, four gas stations in the Zvyahelsky and Korostensky districts, three civilian vehicles, a grocery store, and an infrastructure facility were damaged by Russian strikes.
12.56 Over the past week, Russian troops have carried out massive attacks on Ukraine, using about 2,100 drones, almost 1,700 guided bombs and 78 missiles of various types.
12.31 In the Volyn region, two kilometers from the border with Poland, Russian troops struck a locomotive of a passenger train Kyiv - Warsaw. The UZ monitoring group warned the train crew about the threat in advance, thanks to which no one was injured.
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12.06 The United Arab Emirates is ready to provide a platform for a new round of negotiations on the war in Ukraine. For Russia, this option is "completely acceptable", said Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian ruler.
According to him, the Emirati side has confirmed its willingness to accept negotiations.
"The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi confirmed that the Emirati side is ready to provide its site, as it was before. For us, this is a completely acceptable site," Ushakov said.
At the same time, there is currently no specific agreement on holding the next meeting in the UAE.
11.43 As a result of the attack by Russian drones on Ternopil, an infrastructure facility was hit, one person was injured. Rescuers are working at the scene. Traffic on the "humpbacked" bridge has been temporarily blocked.
11.25 In Volyn, a gas station near the Yagodyn checkpoint on the border with Poland was damaged as a result of a Russian attack, and several trucks also caught fire.
During the air alert, all operations on the border were halted, and people were in shelters.
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10.56 On the night of September 13, Ukrainian forces struck the Slavyansk-EKO oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The operation hit a key oil refining facility and the company's tank farm.
After the impact, a large-scale fire broke out on the territory of the refinery. Smoke and flames were visible for tens of kilometers.
10.25 Explosions were heard in Ivano-Frankivsk on September 13, air defense forces were working. A residential building was damaged as a result of a Russian drone attack, and one person was injured.
During the air raid alert in Ivano-Frankivsk, the railway station and public transport were temporarily suspended.
9.58 Over the past 24 hours, 249 combat clashes have been recorded on the front, with the Pokrovsky direction remaining the hottest.
9.20 In Odessa, emergency and rescue operations have been completed in a 25-story building that was damaged by a Russian attack the day before. Two people were killed, another 25 were injured.
During the rescue operation, emergency workers rescued seven people, including two children. Work in the damaged high-rise building has been completed.
8.38 On the night of September 13, Russia attacked Ukraine with 453 Shahed attack UAVs (including jet-powered ones), Gerber, Parody-type simulator drones, and S8000 Banderol.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 405 enemy Shahed, Gerbera UAVs, drones of other types, and 4 S8000 Banderol. Enemy air attack vehicles were hit at 13 locations, as well as downed aircraft (fragments) falling at seven locations.
8.20 Moscow has ruled out the possibility of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Miami, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The Ukrainian leader said he was ready to meet with Putin at the G20 summit, which will take place on December 14-15. However, a Kremlin spokesman immediately dismissed the possibility, calling it "impossible."
Peskov stressed that the Russian ruler is ready to meet with Zelensky exclusively in the Russian capital, Moscow.
When asked whether the Kremlin was considering an alternative location for a meeting with Zelensky, Peskov replied: "There is a willingness to meet with him in Moscow."
There is currently no official confirmation of Putin's own participation in the December G20 summit.
7.23 From February 24, 2022 to September 13, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,506,900 people (+1,520 per day).
6.38 A series of explosions were heard in the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk in the Republic of Tatarstan. Drone flights and active air defense operations can be heard in the city. This is reported by the monitoring channels Exilenova+ and Supernova+.
Supernova+ writes that four deaths are known as a result of Russian air defense operations.
5.23 Ukraine faces its "hardest winter" since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, which could turn into a humanitarian catastrophe if Russia continues to bomb energy infrastructure, the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Alexander De Croo, said in a commentary to the BBC.
3.51 Russian war criminals have targeted a high-rise building in Odessa for the second time in 24 hours. This was reported by the head of the Odessa MVA, Serhiy Lysak, on the night of September 13.
2.59 A peace agreement would be possible if Ukraine gave up its territories within the limits demanded by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, US President's special envoy Jared Kushner said during the annual YES forum in Kyiv on September 12.
2.35 US President Donald Trump's special envoy Jared Kushner has reaffirmed Washington's commitment to promoting the peace process, stressing the need to find the "right formula" that will satisfy all parties. He said this online at the annual YES meeting in Kyiv, Interfax reports.
1.58 Russia attacked the energy infrastructure of Mykolaiv on the evening of September 12. This was reported by the acting head of the Mykolaiv OVA, Georgy Reshetilov.
0.57 Russia, due to its inability to achieve its goals on the battlefield, is trying to expand the geography of terror to the entire territory of Ukraine. This was stated by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga on the social network X.
0.31 Explosions were heard in Kyiv during an air raid on the night of September 13. This was reported by the Vlaskor Korrespondent.net.
Before the explosions, the Ukrainian Air Force recorded a strike UAV heading past Brovary towards the center of Kyiv.
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[NewsFront] 21:10 Russian Armed Forces destroyed shopping center building in Sumy Oblast 20:48 Russian Armed Forces attack UAV targets in Akhtyrka, Sumy Oblast
20:30 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 140 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea
20:02 Ukrainian drones wounded three civilians in the Bryansk region
In Voronka, a suicide drone attacked a cyclist. In Sachkovichi, an FPV drone struck a car carrying a married couple.
19:26 Russian Aerospace Forces crews hit at temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using FAB-250 in the area of the village of Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
18:43 During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted group strikes against industrial enterprises involved in the production of UAVs, logistics centers and warehouse terminals that distribute and supply military equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as energy facilities that ensure the functioning of ports and logistics infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.
As a result of strikes by high-precision air-launched weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, the following were damaged:
in the city of Odessa:
- logistics centers "Palma", "Raben-ukraine" and "Odessa-22", which store cargo intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- a workshop for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and components for them, a warehouse for missile and artillery weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
in Odessa region:
- the Nova Poshta logistics center, which stores and distributes cargo intended to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as workshops for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles in the village of Illichivka;
- a logistics center in the village of Usatovo and the Bloom logistics center in the village of Teplodar, which stores cargo intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Also affected:
- in the port of Odessa: a dry cargo ship that delivered cargo intended to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
- the Novaya and Usatovo electrical substations, which ensure the functioning of the port and logistics infrastructure in the Odessa and Nikolaev regions.
In addition, attacks on railway infrastructure facilities in the western regions of Ukraine used to transport military cargo from European countries continued.
18:14 Russian military, air defense and mobile fire teams destroyed another Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on Sevastopol. 12 UAVs were neutralized.
There are victims who were in open spaces during the air raid: a man received a limb injury, a woman received a mine blast injury.
17:00 The Donbass Dome system and combined mobile fire groups in a week prevented 100 terrorist attacks by the enemy.
15:42 The number of victims in the drone attack on Nizhnekamsk has grown up to 14.
15:25 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Krasnodar Territory and Belgorod Oblast
According to the Krasnodar Krai operational headquarters, three people were injured in the Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack on Slavyansk-on-Kuban.
In the Belgorod region, two people were injured due to Ukrainian drone strikes.
14:28 Russian air defense and mobile fire groups stopped Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on Sevastopol. 15 UAVs were neutralized. There were no civilian casualties.
According to preliminary information, by this hour the Sevastopol Rescue Service has recorded the following information:
- A drone detonated near Maksimova Dacha, and the roof of one of the private houses in the SNT caught fire. Emergency Ministry personnel are working on the scene.
- The wreckage of the downed UAV fell in the area of Bolshaya Morskaya.
- In the area of Monastyrskoe Highway, a fire was also recorded in one of the private houses in the SNT.
- A forest fire has erupted in the Verkhnesadovye area due to the crash of a downed UAV. Firefighters are working at the scene.
13:26 Armed Forces of Ukraine hit Russian Armed Forces soldiers were killed in a fire at fuel tankers carrying diesel fuel for the Zaporizhzhya NPP.
On September 11, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck fuel tankers delivering diesel fuel to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). The strikes occurred near the plant's perimeter. Two soldiers were killed in the attack, and several were seriously wounded.
12:40 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Donetsk People's Republic
According to local authorities, three people were killed and thirteen civilians, including a child, were injured as a result of attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces attack drones.
Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will identify the individuals from the Ukrainian Armed Forces who were involved in the incident and will conduct a criminal assessment of their actions.
12:19 Geran-4 Siker UAV crews hit logistics centers in the Nikolaev area, video.
11:31 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of September 13, 2026
Units of the "North" force group in the Khar'kov region continue to tighten the encirclement of enemy forces and expand the external zone of control. As a result of these active operations, the village of Chernyakov in the Khar'kov region has come under the control of Russian troops.
The manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units inside the "cauldron" in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Volchya, Budarki and Buzovo in the Khar'kov region were damaged.
Enemy personnel and equipment were destroyed in the outer encirclement near the towns of Novooleksandrivka and Prikolotne in the Khar'kov region, and the destruction of encircled Ukrainian Armed Forces units near Olkhovatka in the Khar'kov region continues. Enemy attempts to break out of the encirclement near the towns of Sliznevo and Gogino in the Khar'kov region were thwarted.
Over the course of a day, the enemy lost up to 55 fighters and a ground robotic complex in the encirclement ring.
In addition, in the Khar'kov region, three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenkovo, Staritsa, Novoselivka, Pogoreloye, Khatnee and Fedorovka.
In the Sumy region, manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Doroshovka, Velyka Chernetchina, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Sennoe, Esman, and Krovne.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost up to 230 servicemen, seven combat armored vehicles, 18 cars and a 155mm Bogdana howitzer.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the presidential brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Karpovka, Rubtsy, Beloe, and Starodubovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Sobolevka, Vyssheye Solenoye, and Peski-Radkovskie in the Khar'kov Oblast.
The enemy's losses amounted to 220 servicemen, a Cossack combat armoured vehicle, 15 vehicles, a British-made 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery mount, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery mount, and a radio-electronic reconnaissance station.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, two airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Yasnogorka, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Druzhkovka, Rayske, Vasilevskaya Pustosh, Novoselovka, Nikolaevka, and Orekhovatka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 205 troops, two Cossack armored fighting vehicles, and 17 vehicles. Two field artillery pieces were destroyed, including a 155mm American Paladin self-propelled artillery unit.
Units of the Center Forces Group improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three naval infantry brigades, the Azov* special forces brigade, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Vodolazhskoe, Maryevka, Ivanovka, and Novotroitske in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Belozerskoe, Andreyevka, Novoandriyevka, Dobropolye, Verovka, Yuryevka, and Zavidovo-Kudashevo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 420 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, an armored combat vehicle, 12 vehicles, and an artillery piece.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized infantry unit, two airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments, a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle regiment, and a naval infantry infantry brigade near the settlements of Orestopol, Kryvyi Rih, Kolomiytsi, and Pavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Obshchee, Golubkovo, Voskresenka, Svetlaya Dolina, and Slavne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost up to 285 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, nine cars and a field artillery gun.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Orekhov, Balabyne, Zaporozhets, Yulievka, Zapasnoye, Yurkovka, and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Up to 45 military personnel, 26 vehicles, two electronic warfare stations and a radar station were destroyed.
11:04 Volunteers of the BARS-11 detachment of the Dnepr group of forces organized 24-hour protection of positions from Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs
Mobile fire teams and aerial observation posts are equipped with automatic weapons, hunting rifles with optics, and night vision devices. Drones are destroyed both on the move and in their positions.
10:45 Units of the North group of forces took the settlement of Chernyakov in the Khar'kov region under control.
9:57 Over the past 24 hours, the Kupol Donbassa system and combined mobile fire groups have been operating over the territory of the DPR, destroyed 7 enemy drones aimed at civilian infrastructure facilities.
09:01 During the night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted group strikes on logistics centers through which military supplies are delivered and distributed, as well as on energy facilities that ensure their operation.
As a result of strikes by high-precision air-launched weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, the following were damaged:
- the Nova Poshta logistics center in the village of Nerubayskoye in the Odessa region, used for the storage and distribution of military equipment intended to provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- the Usatove electrical substation in Odessa and the Novaya substation in Nikolaev, which ensure the functioning of the port and logistics infrastructure in the Odessa and Nikolaev regions.
- In addition, railway infrastructure facilities in the western regions of Ukraine that provide transportation of military cargo from European countries were damaged.
8:29 Two people died, and six were injured in the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on Nizhnekamsk.
Two people were killed and six more were injured in a Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on Nizhnekamsk. The enemy targeted industrial facilities and residential areas. One of the drones struck a private home early in the morning, injuring four people. They are receiving medical attention.
Another drone struck a tree, damaging a nearby car. Four young people were in the car at the time. Two were killed. Two more are hospitalized in serious condition.
8:01 Drone operators of the Center group adjusted strikes on enemy command posts and recorded the destruction of targets, video.
Moscow, September 13, 2026, 09:02 — Regnum News Agency. Approximately 400 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs were destroyed overnight over 15 Russian regions and the waters of three seas, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
The air defense forces on duty repelled the raid. A total of 389 drones were shot down over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Penza, Rostov, Saratov, and Smolensk regions, Kuban, Crimea, Tatarstan, Chuvashia, and the Sea of Azov, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea.
Authorities in several regions reported the consequences of an attack launched by Ukraine. In Tatarstan, the Trans-Kama region suffered a massive drone attack. In Nizhnekamsk, two people were killed, and a fire broke out at a plant.
Over 60 enemy drones were intercepted overnight in the Rostov region. The attacks were repelled in two cities and 12 districts, with no casualties.
Ukraine’s long-range strikes have been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry for months, which Kyiv says both funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than four-year-old invasion of its neighbor.
The Ukrainian drone campaign has caused fuel rationing across Russia, despite the country being a key oil and gas exporter. Other Ukrainian strikes targeted major Russian online retailers, bringing the war ever closer to the public.
Russia has also ramped up its air campaign against Ukraine in recent weeks, using ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones to pierce Ukraine’s defenses. Moscow’s attacks have targeted Ukraine’s power grid ahead of winter in what officials say is meant to demoralize civilians.
Civilians were killed and injured overnight into Sunday as Russia and Ukraine exchanged large-scale drone strikes.
Two people were killed and 14 more injured near an oil and industrial hub in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to local officials, while Ukrainian authorities reported on reported on Russian drones pummelling the Black Sea port of Odesa and starting a fire near a border crossing with Poland.
The two Russian civilians died after a drone slammed into a tree near their parked car in the city of Nizhnekamsk, according to the office of regional head Rustam Minnikhanov.
Nizhnekamsk houses a key cluster of oil refineries and petrochemical, rubber and polymer plants, including some of Russia’s largest facilities of their kind. Mayor Radmir Belyaev said that a fire had broken out at an unspecified “enterprise.”
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Commentary by RUssian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics
[ColonelCassad] The modernized Kurier 2.0 ground robotic system is generating particular interest among military specialists at the 3rd International Technology Congress "Technologies," currently taking place in Moscow. This platform, built on a 600-kg tracked chassis with a 250-kg electromechanically driven combat module, exemplifies the successful adaptation of ground robots to the realities of modern warfare, which is saturated with aerial reconnaissance assets and FPV attack drones.
The GRTS has a top speed of 20 km/h and a cruising range of 25 km. Combat Module and Armament : The key innovation is a gyrostabilized module with a twin mount of two large-caliber machine guns: the NSVT Utes (12.7×108 mm) and the PKT (7.62×54 mm R). The pairing allows for selective firing from a single platform with automatic switching of targeting channels.
Gyrostabilization (two-plane, with a laser gyroscope) compensates for hull sway during movement. The NSVT's effective range, taking into account stabilization and a ballistic computer, is 1,800 m against ground targets and up to 1,500 m against airborne targets moving at speeds up to 150 m/s.
For the PKT, the effective range is 1,200 m against ground targets and 800 m against high-speed targets. Effective burst fire against aircraft-type UAVs (the "Lyuty") is possible at distances of up to 1,000 m for the NSVT and 500 m for the PKT. Combat Effectiveness Analysis Against UAVs: Against the Lyutyi attack UAV (with an unladen weight exceeding 100 kg and a dive speed of up to 200 km/h), the Kurier 2.0 demonstrates a high kill probability of up to 70% with preemptive guidance from the system's radar.
Gyrostabilization and a dual rate of fire (700 rounds per minute combined) create a dense barrage that destroys the Lyutyi's fuselage and propulsion system while still on the attack course. The situation is more complex with the FP-1 operator-class FPV drone.
Despite its low observability and speed exceeding 30 m/s, the system is capable of engaging such targets at a range of up to 300 m through sector scanning and automatic target acquisition. However, the primary method of defense is not kinetic destruction (with an effectiveness of approximately 45% due to its small size and fragile design), but electronic jamming with the integrated electronic warfare unit. Or fire coverage of drone-hazardous areas: even a single PKT bullet hitting the FP-1 battery is highly likely to disable it through explosive decompression. Conclusions
"Courier 2.0" is a well-balanced fire support vehicle capable of saturating the battlefield with precision fire. The dual NSVT and PKT system provides tactical flexibility, while stabilization allows for firing on the move. Combined with an autonomous patrol mode, this robot can significantly reduce personnel losses in the air defense zone. However, the main limitation remains the operator's reaction time—approximately 2.1 seconds—which requires the active implementation of target tracking elements based on neural network algorithms. Overall, "Courier 2.0" is a step forward in frontline robotics.
Ground drones are the future. In the future, the army will have tens of thousands of ground drones. The "Courier" NRTK is one of the driving forces behind this process, securing Russia's leading position in the global race for tracked ground robotics.
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