Ukraine has deployed strike drones against a Russian Kasta-2E2 surveillance radar station reportedly worth more than $60 million near Vyshneve in occupied Zaporizhzhia.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed that the September 1 strike hit both the radar’s antenna and equipment vehicle.
The attack reportedly disabled a key part of Russia’s air defense network, reducing its ability to detect Ukrainian drones and other low-flying targets along the front.
The strike formed part of wider Ukrainian operations against Russian air defense sites, command vehicles, and ammunition depots across occupied territory and inside Russia.
It also follows several recent attacks on Kasta radars, including strikes near Shabelske in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region and occupied Donetsk.
The Kasta-2E2 System
The Kasta-2E2, known by the NATO reporting name “Flat Face-E,” is a mobile three-dimensional surveillance radar engineered to detect aerial targets at low and extremely low altitudes.
Russian forces utilize the system to track unmanned aerial systems, conventional aircraft, and cruise missiles before relaying targeting data to air defense command centers.
The radar has a detection range of 5 to 150 kilometers (3 to 93 miles) and can track targets flying at altitudes of up to 6,000 meters (19,685 feet).
With its antenna mast extended to 50 meters (164 feet), the system can reportedly spot small drones hovering at 60 meters (197 feet) from 30 to 44 kilometers (19 to 27 miles) away.
