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Developers of the legendary STING interceptor — the FPV system rewriting air defense against Shahed-type drones. Built in Ukraine 🇺🇦 Combat-proven Visit our website:
A unique interception: STING takes down a Gerbera head-on. This is one of the most challenging maneuvers for an interceptor pilot, requiring exceptional skill and precision. Executed by Hancock from the Kruk crew of the 1020th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.
Meet the Night Hornets – Ukraine's first privately funded small air-defense unit. Entirely funded by Wild Hornets, these drone pilots have destroyed 36 enemy aerial targets – most of them using our own remote-control technology – Hornet Vision Ctrl.
Russia's fuel and financial crisis is entirely self-inflicted and driven by its own bloodthirstiness. Every Shahed intercepted by STING costs Russia 135 liters of fuel it could've used for its own people – fuel that just burns up with the drone instead.
A 6.6x jump — that's the interception stats for SBU's "Alpha" unit since switching to Hornet Vision😈 114 intercepts in 10 months, 99 of them in just 5 months — done using Hornet Vision.
Russian UAV "Molniya" tried everything to shake STING off its tail – but the interceptor in the hands of a skilled 38th Air Defense Missile Regiment pilot was faster. Even the toughest targets don't get away from our drones.
Huge congratulations to "Miguel," a pilot with the 1020th Air Defense Regiment, on receiving the title of Hero of Ukraine!
Meet the “Night Hornets” — Wild Hornets' own "private air defense" unit. From night STING trials to building their own training center and training a thousand pilots, they've quietly become our most reliable sky defense unit and field test team. Their story, in full — new video interview 🎥👇
Altitude record: still ours 💪🏔️ Russia flies ZALA Z-20 recon drones high, betting they're out of reach. The 105th Border Detachment proved otherwise — a confirmed intercept with our STING at 6,858 meters. The highest verified interception altitude on record still.
Did you know how low-above-ground our STINGs can shoot down targets? Watch! 😎 Masterful low-altitude intercepts by pilots of the 38th Air Defense Missile Regiment, the "Bulava" unit, and the 11th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine 🫡
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 265 enemy UAVs were downed during last night's attack. 99 of them — more than one-third of all UAVs destroyed — were shot down by just two units using interceptor STING drones:
How high can STING intercept a target? The answer: almost anywhere between 20 and 11,000 meters⚡️
Two Harpiya-A1 kamikaze drones downed. Both featured the white equipment bay and lacked the left-side module. The crews of the PRIME unit of the 5th Border Detachment destroyed them using interceptor STING drones in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna direction. 1/2
7 Lancet drones downed in a single combat shift by STRIX 🔥 The crews successfully destroyed the loitering munitions using interceptor STING drones in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna direction. Thanks to STRIX, Kharkiv and the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces are safe.
1,000+ Russian drones intercepted with Hornet Vision Ctrl. Since May, Ukrainian pilots have destroyed more than 1,000 Shahed, Gerbera and reconnaissance drones by remotely operating STING interceptors using Wild Hornets' remote drone control system.
The 47th Mechanized Brigade's Sky Wars unit destroyed the new "Kaschey" evasive drone using an interceptor STING 🚀 The name "Kaschey" has already been used by russia for one of its bomber drones. 1/2
This is Hornet Vision Ctrl — the remote control technology for interceptor STING drones. It has enabled a pilot to bring down Shaheds from as far as 500 km away, helping save dozens of Ukrainian lives.
Another class has graduated from the Yatagan Training Center — bringing even more interceptor STING pilots to the fight. The enemy doesn't stop. Neither do we 🚀
SIGNUM brought down eight enemy drones with interceptor STING drones 🔥 • Gerbera — 3 • Lancet — 1 • Shahed — 4 The total value of the destroyed targets exceeds UAH 10 million. The lives of Ukrainians saved are beyond measure.
Interceptor STING operations by the 1020th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment — ground view 🔥
Can interceptor STING be reused? 👀 A pilot with the callsign "Kinder" rammed a Gerbera, brought it down, and returned with the interceptor STING intact. Watch the full story in the video, and share this skillful work by a 93rd Mechanized Brigade operator.
A look inside Horizon Group 🫡 The crew prepares for combat missions that help protect Ukrainian lives, cities, and homes every single day.
Working with Hornet Vision 360° boosts the crew's morale — not just because of its effectiveness 😉
The Hornet Vision 360° antenna enables successful interceptions without the help of other crew members 🔥 Watch "Pharaoh" of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss" operate interceptor STING drones. After watching, share this post so more people can learn about pilots of this caliber 👏
Teiwaz Group brought down a Sokol-I reconnaissance drone with an interceptor STING 🚀 The Sokol-I is a reconnaissance UAV used to intercept Ukrainian drones, including the Leleka and Chaklun. 1/2
9,000+ Shaheds and Gerberas brought down by interceptor STING drones in the past six months, according to officially confirmed data 🚀 Hornet Vision Ctrl has significantly increased interception rates. 1/2
The 302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade received 10 interceptor STING drones and a Hornet Vision digital ground station free of charge 🔥 The equipment was provided by Wild Hornets as part of the “One of a Thousand” initiative. More to come!
Wild Hornets has donated 160 Hornet Vision Ctrl systems worth more than UAH 40 million 🔥 More than 100 of these systems are already on combat duty. They allow qualified pilots to remain at a safe distance from the front line while remotely operating interceptor STING drones.
The Sky Wars crew of the 47th Mechanized Brigade defends the skies over the Sumy region every night, including with interceptor STING drones 🚀 In June alone, they brought down 556 enemy UAVs. Together, we're taking down the enemy.
Pilots of the 23rd "Khortytsia" Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine have brought down a jet-powered Shahed 🚀 The crew successfully intercepted it with an interceptor STING while the jet-powered Shahed was flying at cruising speed.