In a military operation on January 3, 2026, US troops destroyed a Russian-supplied Buk-M2E air defense system at a Venezuelan airbase in Caracas.

Soldiers of the Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed 3 Russian Buk air defense systems in the Kursk region. The Russian air defense system was eliminated within 12 hours, the Unmanned Systems Forces of ...

Imagery reveals that US airstrikes took out significant components of the Buk-M2E missile system in Vargas, Venezuela, ...

Donald Trump’s strikes on Venezuela sent a clear signal beyond Caracas, exposing vulnerabilities in Russian-supplied air defense systems. U.S. attacks reportedly destroyed a Buk-M2E surface-to-air ...

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) have used strike drones to destroy a Russian Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system and an Uragan-1 multiple-launch rocket system. Source: Ukrainian Special ...

The Venezuelan regime had high-powered air defense systems from its allies in the Kremlin, but failed to set much of it up.

Ukrainian forces destroyed another Russian Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system. The estimated cost of such an air defense system is around $10 million. The successful operation was carried out by the ...

The unit is placed on a wheeled chassis manufactured by Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant. Venezuela's bet on Russian air defense systems, transferred to Caracas through the mediation of Belarusian dictator ...