In April 2023, two Aeroprakt A22 flown by Oleksandr Morozov and Dmytro Schymansky, pilots belonging to the Ukrainian Civil Air Patrol, were shot down and taken prisoner by Russian forces in
Bryansk oblast. Both men were tried and sentenced as terrorists, on charges of illegal border crossing, attempting to engage in aerial bombing and possession of firearms. As of April 2024, the
Armed Forces of Ukraine have begun using Aeroprakt A22 aircraft modified into unmanned
loitering munitions. As of July 2024, at least one A22 has been used as a drone interceptor. A video depicted a team of a pilot and gunner attacking airborne fixed-wing Russian drones with a
Malyuk automatic rifle. On 6 November 2024, an A22-based loitering munition attacked and damaged multiple warships of the
Caspian Flotilla, namely, two
Gepard-class frigates and at least one
Buyan-class corvette. On the night of 30 January 2025, in
Bryansk oblast, the
1st Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces (then known as the 14th Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment) carried out bombing runs on the
Novozybkov pumping station of the
Druzhba pipeline. The A22 drones used to this end were not loitering munitions, but rather remotely-controlled fixed-wing
dive bombers carrying
FAB-250 aerial bombs, with smaller improvised aerial bombs strapped below the wings. At least one A22 was shot down. On 21 August 2025, the same type of drone dive bombers have been used to bomb the Unecha pumping station of the Druzhba pipeline, causing heavy damage. This was followed up on 29 August 2025 with dive bombing of the 8-N pumping station near belonging to
Transneft. On the night of 6 to 7 September 2025, A-22 based drone dive bombers carried out a follow-up attack on the 8-N pumping station. Soon thereafter, on the night of September 7, drone bombers also attacked the
Ilsky oil refinery in
Krasnodar Krai. ==Variants==