Profile
- Type
- Long-range one-way attack UAV / loitering munition
- Conflict side
- Ukraine
- Origin
- Ukraine
- Service note
- Introduced during the full-scale Russia-Ukraine War
Aircraft & UAVs
Bober
The Bober, also known as the UJ-26 Beaver, is a Ukrainian long-range one-way attack UAV associated with deep-strike missions against Russian military infrastructure. Open sources describe it as a pusher-propeller, canard-layout loitering munition with roughly 800 to 1,000 km of reported range and an approximately 20 kg warhead, giving Ukraine an indigenous strike option for targets far beyond the front line.
Service History
- In service
- In Ukrainian service during the Russia-Ukraine War
- Used by
- Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Ukrainian Defence Forces
- Wars
- Russia-Ukraine War
Production History
Specifications
- Range
- Reported 800 to 1,000 km
- Warhead
- Approximately 20 kg
- Speed
- Reported up to about 200 km/h
- Airframe
- Canard-layout fixed-wing UAV with rear pusher propeller
- Launch
- Initially runway-launched; modified examples shown using catapult launch
Conflict Usage
- Russia-Ukraine War
- Side: Ukraine
Ukrainian Defence Intelligence has used UJ-26 Bober one-way attack UAVs for deep strikes, including documented attacks against Russian air-defence radars and a Su-30 at Saky airfield in occupied Crimea.
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Guide To Ukraine's Long Range Attack DronesPublisher: Covert Shores | Note: Supports background, layout, introduction period, reported range, payload, and deep-strike role for the UJ-26 Beaver/Bober. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Bober, Liutyi, and Valkiriya: How Ukrainian UAVs eliminate enemy on front lines and in rearPublisher: RBC-Ukraine | Note: Supports Ukrainian manufacturer attribution to UkrJet, general background, reported range, and reported unit-cost context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Ukrainian UJ-26 Bober drones destroy Russian air defence systems and damage fighter jet, Ukraine's intelligence reportsPublisher: Ukrainska Pravda | Note: Directly supports the Russia-Ukraine War usage note, including DIU-reported Bober strikes on Russian air-defence systems and a Su-30 in occupied Crimea; also supports updated launch and speed/warhead context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Ukraine Starts Mass-Producing UJ-26 Kamikaze UAVPublisher: TurDef | Note: Supports reported range, warhead, runway-launch context, mass-production reporting, and identifies the selected UJ-26 image used in this entry. | Accessed: 2026-06-20UJ-26 BoberPublisher: METIS by Fenix Insight | Note: Supports Ukraine as country of manufacture and general identification of the Bober as a one-way attack UAV first observed in 2023. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Category:Bober UAVPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Checked for open-license Bober media; the category identifies the subject but currently lists no reusable files in the category. | Accessed: 2026-06-20