Ukrainian border guards down Russian Shahed with small arms
Russian Shahed moments before destruction (Photo: Video screenshot / State Border Guard Service / Telegram)
Ukraine's State Border Guard Service released video footage on Feb. 26, showing border guards in the Northern-Slobozhanskyi sector downing a Russian Shahed kamikaze drone with small arms fire.
"Border guards effectively shot down a Russian Shahed with small arms," reads the caption accompanying the clip.
It is not specified when exactly this footage was shot.
Russia’s Feb. 26 attack
Overnight into Feb. 26, Russian forces launched a massive barrage against Ukraine: two Zircon anti-ship missiles from occupied Crimea, 11 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, 24 Kh-101 cruise missiles, two Kh-69 guided air-launched missiles, and 420 strike drones (including roughly 280 Shaheds plus Gerbera, Italmas, and other types), according to Ukraine’s Air Force.
By 10 a.m., air defenses had downed or suppressed two Zircons, four ballistic missiles, all 24 Kh-101s, both Kh-69s, and 374 drones.
Five ballistic missiles and 46 drones struck 32 locations, with debris from intercepted weapons falling at 15 additional sites.
The Air Force noted that information on several missiles remains under clarification and warned that hostile drones were still present in Ukrainian airspace.
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