DIU UAV Strikes Latest Yenisey Radar of S-500 Complex

In a video by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine showing the results of the work of the Primorye unit in February, one of the targets identified by CyberBoroshno analysts was the latest Russian 98L6 Yenisey radar station from the S-500 Prometheus air defence missile system.

They reported this on their channel.

In the original, it is mistakenly labeled as the 96L6 radar of the S-400 complex.

Analysis of the visual features of the object shows that it does not correspond to the configuration of the 96L6 radar of the S-400 complex.

Instead, the characteristic design elements correspond to the 98L6 Yenisey radar.

In August 2025, there was a similar situation: then, the damaged 98L6 Yenisey radar was also initially identified as a 96L6 from the S-400 air defense system.

98L6 Yenisey radar of the S-500 complex

The 98L6 Yenisey radar station is part of the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system designed to destroy ballistic and aerodynamic targets. Official tests of this station were conducted in 2020–2021. The radar is based on a multi-component active phased array antenna.

Russian sources claim that the station is capable of tracking hypersonic targets at altitudes of up to approximately 120 km.

The declared speed of targets that the radar can track is up to 4,800 m/s.

In the future, it is claimed that it will be possible to track objects at speeds of up to 7,000 m/s, including targets in low Earth orbit.

As a reminder, according to statements by the occupying forces, the first S-500 brigade set entered service in October 2021.

In December 2025, the Minister of Defense of the aggressor country, Andrei Belousov, announced that the first regiment equipped with the latest S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system had taken up combat duty.