First use of a drone with a warhead designed to destroy power-line pylons
Place: Ukraine (energy system)Region: Ukraine-wide and the front lineautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
The report in both sources found rests on a single person, Ukrainian presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov; there is no independent confirmation in the collected material. The Russian items in the set do not write about it: RIA only reports the return of outage schedules in Kyiv.
What Russia reports
automatic summary No reports about such a munition were found. The same day RIA Novosti reports the return of power-outage schedules in Kyiv, citing DTEK.
“Графики отключения электроэнергии вернули в Киеве, сообщила в среду украинская энергетическая компания ДТЭК.”
- В Киеве вернули графики отключения электроэнергии — RIA Novosti, 30 September, 19:10
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Suspilne, citing Beskrestnov ("Flash"): the enemy for the first time used, on a jet-powered drone, a warhead designed to destroy high-voltage pylons and steel bridge structures; he assumes the target is important power lines.
“Погана новина. Сьогодні противник вперше застосував на реактивному БПЛА особливий боєзаряд кумулятивно-ріжучого спеціального навантаження (КРСН)”
“такий боєзаряд створено спеціально для знищення високовольтних опор та залізних мостових конструкцій.”
- Росіяни вперше застосували боєзаряд, створений для знищення ЛЕП — «Флеш» — Suspilne, 30 September, 17:45
What independent sources report
automatic summary Kyiv Independent publishes the same statement and adds context: a 40 kg warhead with four striking modules; the first cold weather and power outages in three regions.
“Russia has for the first time used a jet-powered drone equipped with a warhead designed to destroy high-voltage power pylons and steel bridge structures, presidential adviser Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov said on Sept. 30.”
- Russia strikes Ukrainian pylon with steel-cutting drone for 1st time, as power outages hit 3 regions — Kyiv Independent, 30 September, 18:25
- Ukraine war latest: Russia uses drone with warhead designed to cut power pylons for 1st time, Zelensky… — Kyiv Independent, 30 September, 20:19
Confirmation
Confirmation: both sides report it, no independent sources
Both Russian and Ukrainian sources describe the event, but there are no international independent sources in the selection.
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