UKRAINE’S dRONE aRSENAL

📷	Drone	Description
(FPV kamikaze drone)	FPV kamikaze drones	DIY FPV racing quadcopters carrying munitions (RPGs or grenades), flown via goggles in high-speed “one-way” attacks on vehicles and positions. Durable and evade traditional air defenses Interesting Engineering+3Ship Technology+3Euromaidan Press+3 Reddit+9Wikipedia+9Wikipedia+9.
(Drone controller flying Mavic)	DJI Mavic 3 / Mavic series	Commercial consumer UAVs adapted for battlefield recruitments—used in ISR roles and dropping grenades, Coke-can bombs, or small mortar rounds due to low cost and ubiquity .
	Bayraktar TB2 UCAV	Turkish-made MALE drone used for ISR and precision strikes with MAM-L/C guided bombs. Symbolic and tactically used early in war, including naval engagements. Now primarily used in safer intel roles due to air defences .
(SeaBaby USV)	SeaBaby USV	Kamikaze surface drone used by Ukraine’s SBU/385th USV Brigade. Carries up to 850 kg warhead or thermobaric/Grad rocket payloads. Fast (~90 km/h), long‑range (~1,000 km), effective in bridge and naval vessel strikes .
(Aerorozvidka R18 octocopter)	Aerorozvidka R18 “Oktokopter”	Eight-rotor custom drone dropping Soviet-era grenades (~5 kg), effective against armor and fortifications.
(DJI Matrice 300)	DJI Matrice 300 RTK	Heavy commercial drone modified to drop 82 mm mortar shells using custom release rigs.
(Baba Yaga heavy bomber)	“Baba Yaga” bomber drones	Large multi‑rotors carrying up to 15 kg warheads, used in night ops and as signal/data relays.
(UJ-25 fixed-wing)	UJ‑22 / UJ‑25 “Skyline”	Fixed-wing loitering reconnaissance-and-kamikaze UAVs; UJ-25 is jet-powered with long-range reach.
(Peklo turbine drone)	Peklo (turbine loiterer)	Turbojet-powered loitering missile drone, ~700 km range, Mach 0.57 speed, for deep-strike missions.
(AQ-400 Scythe)	AQ‑400 “Scythe”	One-way attack drone by Terminal Autonomy, ~$15k–30k; designed for swarm engagements.
(Punisher UCAV)	Punisher UCAV	Reusable tactical drone (≈230 units) used for recon, strike, logistics, medevac; catapult-launched modular platform.

(FPV kamikaze drone)

FPV kamikaze drones

DIY FPV racing quadcopters carrying munitions (RPGs or grenades), flown via goggles in high-speed “one-way” attacks on vehicles and positions. Durable and evade traditional air defenses Interesting Engineering+3Ship Technology+3Euromaidan Press+3 Reddit+9Wikipedia+9Wikipedia+9.

(Drone controller flying Mavic)

DJI Mavic 3 / Mavic series

Commercial consumer UAVs adapted for battlefield recruitments—used in ISR roles and dropping grenades, Coke-can bombs, or small mortar rounds due to low cost and ubiquity .

Bayraktar TB2 UCAV

Turkish-made MALE drone used for ISR and precision strikes with MAM-L/C guided bombs. Symbolic and tactically used early in war, including naval engagements. Now primarily used in safer intel roles due to air defences .

(SeaBaby USV)

SeaBaby USV

Kamikaze surface drone used by Ukraine’s SBU/385th USV Brigade. Carries up to 850 kg warhead or thermobaric/Grad rocket payloads. Fast (~90 km/h), long‑range (~1,000 km), effective in bridge and naval vessel strikes .

(Aerorozvidka R18 octocopter)

Aerorozvidka R18 “Oktokopter”

Eight-rotor custom drone dropping Soviet-era grenades (~5 kg), effective against armor and fortifications.

(DJI Matrice 300)

DJI Matrice 300 RTK

Heavy commercial drone modified to drop 82 mm mortar shells using custom release rigs.

(Baba Yaga heavy bomber)

“Baba Yaga” bomber drones

Large multi‑rotors carrying up to 15 kg warheads, used in night ops and as signal/data relays.

(UJ-25 fixed-wing)

UJ‑22 / UJ‑25 “Skyline”

Fixed-wing loitering reconnaissance-and-kamikaze UAVs; UJ-25 is jet-powered with long-range reach.

(Peklo turbine drone)

Peklo (turbine loiterer)

Turbojet-powered loitering missile drone, ~700 km range, Mach 0.57 speed, for deep-strike missions.

(AQ-400 Scythe)

AQ‑400 “Scythe”

One-way attack drone by Terminal Autonomy, ~$15k–30k; designed for swarm engagements.

(Punisher UCAV)

Punisher UCAV

Reusable tactical drone (≈230 units) used for recon, strike, logistics, medevac; catapult-launched modular platform.

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