Direct proof of use
Direct evidence for the 92N6A-family radar in the war comes from visual loss cataloging and Ukrainian strike reports that name the S-400 engagement radar itself, not only the wider S-400 system. WarSpotting records Russian 92N6A engagement radars for the 40R6 S-400 Triumf as destroyed in Crimea on 2 November 2025, in Crimea with a 2025 date later cataloged as 31 December 2025, and at Sofiivka in Simferopol raion on 25 February 2026.
Ukraine's military intelligence service separately reported that its active-operations department struck a Russian S-400 battalion command-post position in occupied Crimea during the night of 1-2 November 2025 and destroyed a 92N6E multifunction radar with autonomous power equipment. Ukrainian and international reporting on the Special Operations Forces strike during the night of 24-25 February 2026 also named a destroyed 92N6E radar station alongside an S-400 launcher and other auxiliary elements.
Sources: WarSpotting 92N6A Loss 40544, WarSpotting 92N6A Loss 42292, WarSpotting 92N6A Loss 43096, GUR Crimea 92N6E Strike, Ukrainska Pravda SOF Crimea Strike, United24 Crimea S-400 Strike
Timeline
Open reporting first attached the 92N6A designation to a Ukraine-war S-400 radar loss in July 2023, when Army Recognition reported images released through Ukraine Weapons Tracker showing a destroyed 5P85SM2 launcher truck and a 92N6A multifunction radar. That report treated the radar as part of a Russian S-400 battery and described it as the first reported destruction of a 92N6A radar in the war.
The clearest later dated cluster is in Crimea. GUR's 3 November 2025 statement described the 1-2 November strike on a Russian S-400 command-post position, and WarSpotting cataloged a Russian 92N6A destroyed in Crimea on 2 November 2025. WarSpotting then recorded another Russian 92N6A loss in Crimea during 2025 and a further 92N6A at Sofiivka, Simferopol raion, on 25 February 2026, matching the date of Special Operations Forces reporting that named a destroyed 92N6E radar station.
Sources: Army Recognition 92N6A S-400 Loss Report, GUR Crimea 92N6E Strike, WarSpotting 92N6A Loss 40544, WarSpotting 92N6A Loss 42292, WarSpotting 92N6A Loss 43096, Ukrainska Pravda SOF Crimea Strike, United24 Crimea S-400 Strike
Role in Russian S-400 batteries
The 92N6A/92N6E evidence places the radar in Russian long-range air-defense service. Rosoboronexport's S-400 export description assigns the 92N6E multifunctional radar target search, acquisition, tracking, launch preparation, missile guidance, and automatic information exchange with the 30K6E control system.
In the Ukraine-war records, the radar appears as the engagement and missile-guidance element of Russian S-400 positions rather than as an independent weapon. The cited losses and strike reports support Russian fielding of the radar in Crimea and the destruction of individual radar stations; they do not by themselves establish every S-400 missile engagement attributed to Russian forces during the war.
Sources: S-400 Triumph Rosoboronexport Profile, WarSpotting 92N6A Loss 40544, GUR Crimea 92N6E Strike, Ukrainska Pravda SOF Crimea Strike
