Direct proof of use
ArmyInform documented KVERTUS AD HUNTER during a Ukrainian wartime electronic-warfare test published on 8 April 2024. The report described a field site set up to test EW equipment under conditions relevant to the war, then said the participants first worked with the Hunter system while UAV pilots launched about 2 km away.
In that test sequence, the UAV entered the EW coverage area and began circling and losing control. The report supports Ukrainian-side field use of Hunter in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, but it does not identify a named combat unit or a specific battlefield engagement.
Sources: ArmyInform Hunter EW test report
Timeline
By 2024, Kvertus was marketing AD HUNTER as a portable EW system for jamming Mavic, low-cost Autel, and similar UAVs using common 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz control bands. ArmyInform's April 2024 report then placed Hunter in a wartime Ukrainian EW test against a UAV launched from roughly 2 km away.
Sources: KVERTUS AD HUNTER product page, ArmyInform Hunter EW test report
Narrative
Hunter's documented conflict role is portable counter-UAV electronic warfare rather than a kinetic air-defense weapon. Kvertus describes the system as battery powered, directional, and designed to jam commercial-drone control links; ArmyInform's field report described anti-drone rifles as directional systems that operators point at UAVs.
The same report frames the test around the Russia-Ukraine War's FPV and small-UAV threat environment. It described Kvertus EW products as battlefield-relevant equipment and connected portable EW to the protection of Ukrainian defenders, while the Hunter-specific passage documents the demonstrated jamming sequence rather than a confirmed front-line shootdown.
Sources: KVERTUS AD HUNTER product page, ArmyInform Hunter EW test report
