A soldier standing in front of a Russian radar installation.
A Russian radar installation during Vostok-2018 military drills at a training ground in Telemba, Russia, in September 2018.
  • Ukraine said on Tuesday that it used seven exploding drones to destroy a Russian radar system.
  • Ukrainian media reported that the system was a Nebo-U, which monitors hundreds of miles of airspace.
  • Ukraine assessed that the Nebo-U, downed by cheap drones, was worth $100 million.

Ukrainian media reported on Tuesday that Kyiv destroyed a sophisticated Russian radar complex using seven exploding drones, in another apparent sign of how the cheap unmanned devices are changing the face of modern combat.