A November 9, 2026 report by Oboronka said that Russia uses optical and radar homing seekers to improve the accuracy of ballistic-missile strikes on bridges in Ukraine. The report attributed that assessment to Serhii Beskrestnov, known as “Flash,” described by the outlet as an adviser to Ukraine’s president and a radio-technology specialist.
According to Beskrestnov’s explanation, satellite-navigation signals are heavily suppressed during air-raid alerts, while an inertial navigation system alone would not provide metre-level precision. He said a seeker can make a correction during the warhead’s final descent: in his description, the terrain is scanned by radar for several seconds and the missile’s guidance system receives an adjustment.
The article also cited the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence Directorate’s War&Sanctions database as containing information on two seeker types for the 9М723 Iskander-M ballistic missile: the 9Е436 optical correlation seeker and the 9Б918 active radar seeker.
That information establishes what the cited source says is recorded in the database and how Beskrestnov described terminal guidance. It does not independently demonstrate which seeker was fitted to any particular missile, nor does it establish that either system caused a specific strike to hit its target.
The report said Russia attacked Kyiv’s Pivnichnyi Bridge during the night of November 7, 2026. It relayed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement that six ballistic missiles were launched at the bridge and that four hit the target. Those figures are attributed to Zelenskyy through the report, not presented here as independently verified results. The article also reported a strike involving several ballistic missiles against Kyiv’s Pivdennyi Bridge on October 27, 2026.
Source: https://oboronka.mezha.ua/flesh-poyasniv-tochnist-udariv-rf-po-mostah-317003/