UK Drones Just Struck Russia

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Become a Member Today and Unlock EXCLUSIVE Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfak8fBm_Lhy4eX9UKxEpA/join  British-supplied strike drones, including the Nyan One Way Effector and a classified long-range UAV, have powered Ukraine's deep-strike campaign inside Russia for over six months. Equipped with advanced Stone Cloak electronic warfare suites, these platforms have hit critical oil refineries, border military depots, and Wildberries supply hubs near Moscow. As bilateral defense ties deepen through a 100-Year Partnership Agreement, London's technology transfer continues to bolster Kyiv's long-range capabilities.  ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 00:00 - British Media Reveals UK Supplied Long Range Strike Drones 01:15 - British Drones Strike Volgograd and Yaroslavl Refineries 02:30 - UK Made Drones Destroy $9 Billion Wildberries Warehouses 04:00 - Russia Claims UK Components Found in Rostov Fuel Depot Strike 05:15 - Strategic Ambiguity Keeps Kremlin Guessing on British Strikes 06:30 - BAE Systems Nyan One Way Effector Drone Specifications 08:00 - Secret 965km Range British Catapult Drone Swarm 09:30 - Stone Cloak EW Devices Shield Ukrainian Drones From Radar 11:00 - UK Pledges $34 Billion Aid and 100-Year Defense Agreement 12:30 - Kremlin Accuses UK of Planning Airfield Strikes 14:00 - Sir Richard Knighton Warns of Highest Russian Threat Level 15:30 - Will British Long Range Drones Force Russian Retreat?  Support us directly as we bring you independent, up-to-date reporting on military news and global conflicts by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMilitaryShow/join  #militarystrategy #militarydevelopments #militaryanalysis #themilitaryshow  SOURCES: https://pastebin.com/FhRrf8QM

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00:00It's no secret that Ukraine has upped its long-range game in 2026.

00:05697 targets hit with deep strikes during the first six months of the year,

00:11costing Russia $6.1 billion in the process. Show us that.

00:15But do you know what has been a big secret? Some of the drones that Ukraine has been using for

00:20those strikes. Now the secret is no more. In a stunning revelation, several British media

00:26outlets have revealed that the UK is supplying drones that Ukraine has been using to take out

00:31key targets. For the first time in history, the UK has droned Russia into oblivion.

00:36This is a special delivery to Putin from the UK and Ukraine are the couriers.

00:42In an August 16th report, the Times revealed that long-range drones made by two UK companies

00:48have not only been supplied to Ukraine, but are actively being used in some of the most

00:53important deep strikes that Ukraine is carrying out. This is a first-time event.

00:58Ukraine has used the UK's storm shadow missiles to attack Russia in the occupied territories and

01:03border regions before, but never drones, at least not until now. And what's more,

01:09this isn't something that's only just started happening. Ukraine has been using drones made

01:13in the UK to strike Russia for at least six months, the Independent adds. Nobody knew this until after

01:19the fact and those British drones have been busy. They've been involved in some of Ukraine's most

01:25important strikes. Oil refineries, which are one of Ukraine's most common targets, are being hit by

01:30the UK's drones. The Independent confirms that British drones have been used to hit at least two

01:36refineries in Volgograd and Yaroslavl. There may be others, but neither the UK nor Ukraine is talking.

01:42Still, it's clear that the UK is now involved in a 2026 refinery campaign that has seen Ukraine hit

01:48all 11 of Russia's largest refineries, impacting facilities that are jointly responsible for

01:54turning around 156 million tons of crude oil into usable products, such as gasoline and diesel,

02:01per year. These refinery strikes have played a huge role in causing a massive fuel shortage in Russia,

02:07as Ukraine used its attacks to take out 42% of Russia's refining capacity by early July.

02:14We thought that Ukraine was using its own drones for these strikes.

02:17Now we know that the UK's drones were involved in some of these attacks.

02:21The strike against the Volgograd refinery alone targeted a facility that processes 14.8 million

02:26tons of oil per year. There may be other refinery strikes. However, the other revelation to come

02:32from the Times and the Independent is that the UK's drones have also been used for attacks near Moscow,

02:37specifically focusing on logistics hubs inside Russia. Anybody who has been paying attention to what's

02:43happening to Russia's domestic logistics right now will conclude that this can only mean one thing.

02:47The UK has been helping Ukraine to squash some wildberries. The company, which is often referred

02:53to as Russia's version of Amazon, became a target for Ukraine in July due to its importance to Russia's

02:58logistics and economy, as well as the fact that wildberries platformed vendors, as well as the fact that

03:04wildberries platformed vendors selling equipment that could be used in the war against Ukraine. And Ukraine

03:09hasn't held back with its strikes. According to United24 media, Ukraine had knocked seven of

03:15Wildberries' ten largest logistics hubs out of operation as of August 16th, forcing the owners of

03:21the e-commerce platform and Russia's economy onto their collective knees. DW adds that the cost of these

03:27strikes to wildberries has been immense. It reports that as much as $5.7 billion worth of products have gone

03:33up in smoke as wildberries warehouses all over Russia have burned. The total cost to the company,

03:39when accounting for repairs, compensation and every secondary cost associated with Ukraine's strikes,

03:44is now estimated to be around $9 billion and growing. Just as with the refinery strikes,

03:50we assume that the drones being sent to pick apart wildberries facilities were Ukrainian-made.

03:55Most were. But now we know not all. The UK has played its part with at least two types of

04:01drones

04:01that Ukraine has been using for months. All of these revelations come on the back of Ukraine carrying out

04:07one of its largest attacks against Russia yet. During an overnight attack into August 16th,

04:12Ukraine sent 822 drones into Russia, around 600 of which were aimed at Moscow, the BBC says.

04:19Another wildberries warehouse was hit in Moscow and Ukraine also did damage via attacks targeting

04:24Rostov and Belgorod. Were the UK's drones used in these attacks? We may never know. However,

04:30we don't have to rely on UK outlets alone to confirm that UK drones have been touching down on targets

04:36inside Russia. The Kremlin itself has confirmed that it's happening in frothingly angry reports.

04:41The BBC reports that Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has slammed the UK for

04:48providing components for drones that have been used in attacks against Russian territory. She claims

04:53that these components were found in drones used in a strike against a fuel depot in Rostov,

04:57revealing yet more types of targets that Ukraine uses UK drones to hit. Russia is fuming about all

05:03of this. As for the UK and Ukraine, both are playing coy. Officially, none of this is happening

05:09at all. As Crypto Briefing points out, the use of UK drones in attacks against Russian targets

05:14hasn't been confirmed by either the UK or Ukraine. This is deliberate. A sort of strategic ambiguity

05:21designed to keep Russia guessing while minimizing the diplomatic tension that will be caused by the UK

05:26confirming that it's helping Ukraine to drone strike Russia into oblivion. The UK is taking a page out

05:32of the Russian playbook here. Conduct strikes in ways that allow for plausible deniability,

05:38and you leave your enemy impotent and furious. Russia has been doing that for years with hybrid

05:43attacks, including many targeting the UK. Now the UK is getting its own back with drones. The UK and

05:50Ukraine may not be willing to confirm that British drones are being sent into Russia, but they are,

05:55and this is what we know about. According to The Independent, Ukraine is using at least two drones

06:00that originated in the UK. The first is the Nyan one-way effector drone. Built in Wiltshire

06:06by a subsidiary of BAE Systems named Callan Lentz, this drone has been tested extensively in the UK

06:12before heading into Ukraine. On July 3rd, the Royal Navy carried out a first-time test from a warship

06:18using a launcher that was installed on the ship's deck. The Royal Navy also confirms that the drone has

06:23undergone extensive testing on land, and that it has autonomous features. What those features are

06:29haven't been confirmed, though we can assume that the Nyan is capable of automatically tracking and

06:33targeting whatever it needs to hit. This isn't a drone designed to strike deep into Russia. It has

06:39a 2.9-meter wingspan and a range of about 240 kilometers, which makes it ideal for attacks in the

06:45occupied territories and against Russia's border regions. The Nyan is confirmed to have been used in

06:51at least one strike against Belgorod, which adds fuel to the fire when it comes to the potential for UK

06:56drones to have been used in Ukraine's August 16th attack. After all, Belgorod was a target in that

07:02strike, and the Nyan is tailor-made for targets at that sort of range. The drone isn't a powerhouse,

07:08it has a maximum takeoff weight of about 75 kilograms, and it's only capable of carrying a 20-kilogram

07:14payload, Militani reports. However, the drone is modular, allowing for different equipment to be

07:19installed on it depending on mission requirements, and it can hit a top speed of 222 kilometers per

07:25hour, making it difficult to stop when flying quite literally under the radars of Russia's air defense

07:30system. As for the second drone, this is where things get a little murky. The other drone the UK

07:35has provided for Ukraine is far more mysterious than the first. All we know so far is that it's

07:40manufactured in factories in the UK. It has a range of over 965 kilometers, and it's launched using a

07:47catapult system, meaning Ukraine doesn't need a runway to get it up into the air. That catapult

07:52also allows Ukraine to send several of its second type of drone into the skies in quick succession,

07:57allowing for the quick creation of a swarm that then descends upon Russia. Beyond that, neither the

08:02drone nor the company making it has been named, reportedly for security reasons. Ukraine and the

08:07UK wants to keep this drone quiet. The longer that Russia has to spend guessing, the more effective

08:13this unnamed drone will be against Russia's air defenses. Frankly, Russia should have seen this

08:18coming. Though the UK hasn't officially confirmed the use of its drones on Russian territory,

08:23it hasn't been shy about providing Ukraine with the weapons it needs to do some serious damage.

08:28Back in April, the UK's Ministry of Defense declared that its commitment to supporting Ukraine

08:33was unwavering, as it outlined what the UK will be providing to Ukraine in 2026.

08:38We are committed to providing the equipment Ukraine needs to defend itself against Putin's

08:42illegal invasion," the ministry spokesperson declared before adding.

08:46This includes over 150,000 drones this year, cutting-edge stone cloak devices that hinder Russian

08:53air defenses and innovative low-cost cruise missiles. Before we move on to what UK-made drones being used

08:59against Russia means in the wider context of the war, that mention of stone cloak devices deserves a

09:05little more attention. Stone cloak is a very clever piece of equipment. An electronic warfare or EW system,

09:11stone cloak is designed to be installed directly onto drones. The device is about the size of a tablet

09:16computer and it creates electronic interference that makes it hard for air defense systems to track

09:22and engage whatever aircraft the stone cloak is installed on, sort of like chaff or air defense

09:27targeting system. Why do we mention this? Think back to what we said about the Nyan drone earlier.

09:32It's modular and can be equipped with whatever is needed for the mission it's sent to complete.

09:36We know that Ukraine has stone cloak devices. It's not too much of a jump to assume that some

09:42of these devices may have been installed onto Nyan drones that attacked Belgorod and other targets

09:46in the border and occupied regions. The pieces align. A UK-made drone loaded with a UK-made EW

09:53system striking Russian targets sends a clear message to Putin. The UK's military ties with Ukraine

09:59are only getting stronger. Russia is worried and it should be. Those ties are both powering up Ukraine

10:05and ensuring that the UK is prepared for a fight that it thinks Putin is gearing up to start.

10:10But before we go deeper into both of those issues, this is a reminder that you're watching

10:14The Military Show. If you haven't subscribed to the channel yet, then now is the time to hit the button

10:19and enable notifications. So those ties we mentioned. What we're seeing with the UK-made drones being used

10:26to attack Russia is the latest indication that the ties between Ukraine and the UK are getting so strong

10:32that they're becoming very worrying for the Kremlin. And there's so much more as those ties have been

10:37developing for years now. Right from the start of the invasion, the UK has been one of the top

10:42providers of military aid to Ukraine. The UK government says that the country has provided

10:46almost $34 billion to Ukraine so far, most of which has come in the form of military support,

10:52though Ukraine has also received over $7.5 billion in non-military aid,

10:57such as fiscal guarantees and bilateral commitments. That's a pretty substantial showcase of support

11:03right off the bat, but the relationship between the UK and Ukraine goes so much deeper,

11:06100 years deeper. Back in January 2025, the UK and Ukraine signed the 100-year partnership agreement.

11:15Under this agreement, both nations have committed to closer defence and industrial cooperation and the

11:20creation of rapid response mechanisms. The UK has also tied itself to providing Ukraine with a minimum

11:26of about $4 billion in assistance every year until the end of the 2030-31 financial year. After that,

11:33the UK says it will provide aid for as long as needed to support Ukraine. In other words,

11:38if the war still rages by 2031, the UK's support won't stop coming. But perhaps more important than

11:44the actual commitments made is the message sent by this agreement. This isn't just the UK saying it's

11:49going to help Ukraine. It's the UK telling Putin that Ukraine is going to exist a century from now.

11:56In other words, you are going to fail in your efforts to transform Ukraine from a sovereign nation

12:00into part of Russia, Mr Putin. We can keep going with the ties. Other examples include the UK and

12:07Ukraine signing a $27 million deal in January 2026, right on the anniversary of the 100-year commitment,

12:13to help Ukraine with energy infrastructure repairs following Russia's brutal campaign against Ukraine's

12:18energy infrastructure during the winter. On August 10, Euromiden Press reported that the UK is gearing up to

12:24allow Ukraine to purchase weapons made in the UK using $70 billion loan money that Ukraine received

12:30from the European Union. That's an important step. We often refer to Europe as a collective and the UK

12:36is indeed part of Europe, but it isn't part of the European Union and hasn't been for several years in

12:41the wake of the 2016 Brexit vote. So we're not only seeing another level of UK's support of Ukraine here,

12:47but also more cooperation between the two separate entities of the UK and the European Union, which can only

12:53spell more good things for Ukraine's future on the collaboration front. And to cap it all off just

12:58a couple of months before this loan announcement was made, the UK revealed that it was flight testing

13:03a trio of long-range systems designed for both the UK itself and to help Ukraine in its fight against

13:08Russia. The specifications for these systems are revealing. The UK wanted a weapon that could travel

13:14at least 500 kilometers, carry a warhead weighing at least 225 kilograms, and reach a top speed of over 600

13:21kilometers per hour. Hmm. That mystery drone we mentioned as part of the pair that Ukraine is

13:26now using against Russia has a range above 500 kilometers, 965 to be exact. Could that second

13:33drone be the result of one of those June tests? Again, we may never know, as the UK and Ukraine

13:38aren't revealing much. However, as with the stone cloak and Nyan drone speculation, the pieces do appear

13:44to fit together fairly well. There's one thing that we can conclude for certain now that UK drones are flying

13:49into Russia, the UK has transformed from being a thorn in Putin's side into a major threat,

13:55all due to its support of Ukraine. Russia has already been casting the UK as a primary villain

14:01in the narrative that the Kremlin concocts around the Ukraine invasion. The Guardian notes that Russia

14:05has, at various times, accused the UK of planning drone strikes against Russian airfields, enabling what

14:11Russia calls terrorist attacks inside Russia, and even playing some sort of role in the terrible concert

14:17attack at Crocker City Hall in Moscow, which left at least 145 dead and over 500 injured.

14:24The last one in particular is nonsense, but it shows just how far Russia is willing to go to cast

14:30the UK as the villain in Putin's story. And all of this narrative twisting is happening because the UK

14:35has been as steadfast in its support of Ukraine as it claims to be. So what we're seeing with the

14:40UK

14:41helping Ukraine to drone strike Russia into oblivion is simple. If Putin wants to make the UK the

14:46villain in this skewed Russian narrative, then the UK is going to play the best villain it can be.

14:51And it has reason to slot into that role. Some think that Russia is creeping ever closer to

14:57starting a war in the UK than you might think. In June, Sir Richard Knighton, who is the Chief of

15:01the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom, said that the UK faces the highest threat from Russia that it's

15:06faced since the Cold War era. He calls now the most dangerous period for the UK in several decades,

15:12adding that Russia has been crossing lines with hybrid attacks that include assassination attempts,

15:17cyber criminality and sabotage. This is the most dangerous time I have known in my working life,

15:23and it's important that society and all of us recognize and understand that. And that may mean

15:28that we need to make different choices and different priorities, Knighton declared.

15:32Different choices and different priorities may translate into give Ukraine drones that it can

15:37use to hurt Russia before Russia can hurt the UK. It may also translate into some of the interesting

15:42steps that the UK has either taken or is considering taking to deal with the Russian threat.

15:47For instance, February saw the UK deploy a carrier strike group led by HMS Prince of Wales into North

15:53Atlantic and High North waters as part of Operation Firecrest. There's only one reason that the UK has sent a

15:59carrier so far north. It wants Putin to know that it's ready to defend itself and its NATO allies

16:04as Russia tries to expand its interests in the Arctic region. Another interesting example is

16:10currently a proposal that could soon become policy. Earlier in August, The Telegraph revealed a UK

16:16political op-ed proposing the creation of what it calls a European Confederation. That proposal matters

16:22because of what it would mean for Ukraine. In return for renewed access to the European Union's single

16:27market in the wake of Brexit, the UK could offer to cover Ukraine with its nuclear umbrella,

16:33giving Ukraine a countermeasure to Russia's nuclear threat. What all of this means is very simple.

16:37UK drones flying into Russia are just the start. The UK wants to make Russia pay for everything that

16:43it's done to Ukraine, but it also wants the Kremlin to know that Russian attempts to intimidate through

16:48hybrid warfare aren't going to work. If Putin wants a fight, the UK has already taken its gloves off

16:54and is getting ready to turn that fight into a brawl. It may all start with providing drones to Ukraine,

16:59but if the likes of Knighton are right and Russia goes further than it already has, then the UK is

17:04going to be ready, standing side by side with Ukraine and its NATO allies. And speaking of NATO allies,

17:10the UK isn't the only country that's giving Putin plenty to worry about. Poland isn't happy with Russia,

17:15Russia after a KH-101 cruise missile crash deep into Polish territory. So Poland is planning something

17:21massive of its own in return. What is it? You can find out by watching our video, but before you

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