Crimea strikes could rise sevenfold if Western funds came faster, Ukraine drone commander tells AP
Robert Brovdi said Ukraine has damaged more than 300 Russian air defense assets and could hit seven times more targets with faster Western funding.
- Commander Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, leading Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, launched a drone campaign to render Crimea unusable as a Russian staging ground, systematically destroying over 300 air defense assets in recent months.
- To strike the peninsula without being shot down, Brovdi's forces destroyed more than 300 air defense assets—including radar stations and electronic warfare equipment—opening a tactical "window" for drone penetration.
- Despite tactical successes, Brovdi said his forces operate at just 14% of required capacity, citing the "banal problem of untimely financing" from Western partners as the primary obstacle to expanding operations.
- Ukrainian intelligence indicates Russian military commands began relocating off the peninsula in late June, while recent large-scale missile barrages saw only five launches, a sharp decline credited to destroyed defenses.
- Brovdi identified Russian marketplace Wildberries as a key target, calling it the "war's quartermaster" and a "consumer gambling addiction" to disrupt logistics and make ordinary Russians feel the war directly.
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According to the Ukrainian drone commander Robert Browdi, Russia can fire up to 77 rockets simultaneously. Moscow wants to increase this number to up to 200.
Attacks with drones were reported overnight in the Russian port city of Novorossiysk and Crimea occupied by Russia. (ANSA)
Road traffic on the Crimean Bridge has been blocked and explosions have been heard in Kerchi, Yalta, Eupatoria, Sevastopol and the Saxon region.
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nexusnewsfeed.comUkrainian Drone Commander Says US and NATO Funding Needed To Escalate Drone War in Crimea
On Monday, Maj. Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, was profiled by Hannah Arhirova in The Associated Press. While Brovdi emphasized the strategic importance of conducting deep drone strikes within Russia, this summer he has been focused closer to home. Since June, Brovdi has been tasked with…
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