Bober (drone)

Overview

The UJ-26 Bober (Ukrainian: Бобер, lit. 'Beaver') is a type of Ukrainian long-range loitering munition (suicide drone). In December 2022 the Telegram account Lachen Pyshe announced a public fundraising campaign called Hovor Khell, for a domestic unmanned aerial vehicle for Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR). On 11 May 2023 it published photographs and said that it had already been used to accrue losses by Russian forces during the Russo-Ukrainian War. On 30 May, it was used to conduct a series of drone strikes in suburban Moscow. The drone reportedly has a range of 600 to 1,000 km, and its warhead is a KZ-6 shaped charge.