These are the 3 drones Ukraine said it used to pierce Moscow's air defense gauntlet in its biggest attack yet

Ukraine reported using three locally produced drone types to attack the Moscow region, describing it as its biggest attack so far on the heavily defended capital. The General Staff said FP-1 Firepoint and RS-1 Bars winged drones were used to hit multiple targets around Moscow. It also said a third, previously unknown drone called Bars-SM Gladiator was used. The strikes were part of a broader Ukrainian barrage across the country over the weekend. Russian authorities reported deaths, including in the Moscow region. Moscow’s mayor said the attack involved over 120 drones, the highest number reported for a single day in the urban area. Targets included a microchip facility and an oil pumping station near Moscow.

"Ukraine said on Sunday that it used three types of locally produced drones to pummel the Moscow region, in its biggest attack so far on the heavily defended capital. The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said it used the FP-1 Firepoint and RS-1 Bars winged drones to hit several targets in the Moscow area. A previously unknown third type of drone, called the Bars-SM Gladiator, was also used in the attack, the General Staff said."

"Newly developed and relatively cheap in the realm of long-range weapons, Ukraine has sought to demonstrate the effectiveness of its drones against Russia's densest air defense network. "On May 16 and during the night of May 17, 2026, units of Ukraine's Defense Forces struck a number of key Russian military targets," it said in a statement on Sunday. The strikes were part of a wider Ukrainian barrage across the country this weekend that Russian authorities said killed at least four people, including three in the Moscow region."

"In Moscow alone, the local mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on Sunday evening that the "massive attack" involved over 120 drones, the highest number ever reported in the urban region for a single day. Local residents inspect a damaged balcony in a residential building following an air attack in Krasnogorsk, Moscow region. TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP via Getty Images Ukraine's General Staff said that among the targets hit were a microchip facility about 18 miles from central Moscow and a major oil pumping station about 30 miles from central Moscow."

"Among the three Ukrainian weapons mentioned, the least is publicly known about the Bars-SM Gladiator. Ukraine's General Staff of the Armed Forces and its defense ministry did not respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider about this weekend's attacks or the three drone types. However, its name could indicate the Gladiator related to the RS-1 Bars. The latter drone was unveiled in the spri"

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