Newly circulating footage appears to show a Ukrainian STASH short-range air defense system shooting down a Russian attack drone with an AGM-114 Hellfire missile. Frames show the missile climbing with a smoke trail before striking the airborne target, followed by a mid-air explosion with fire, debris and fragments. The Hellfire was originally designed as an air-launched anti-armor missile, and STASH adapts it for ground launch from a truck or trailer platform. The system is paired with radar to pick up low-flying drones, such as Shahed-type variants. Ukrainian officials first showed STASH publicly on May 1, during a Russian attack involving more than 400 drones.

The system is part of Ukraine's growing effort to build mobile, improvised layers of air defense as Russia leans more on faster, jet-powered drones. STASH has appeared in both trailer-mounted and vehicle-mounted versions. Social media posts have attributed similar footage to Ukrainian air defense brigades, but the specific unit, date and location of this clip could not be independently verified. Details such as the exact radar used and how the target was assigned also can't be confirmed from video alone. The big questions now are how many of these systems are in service and how well they hold up against mass drone attacks.