Vladislav Grigoriev19:14, 27.04.26

Brody noted that Russia is using revenues from oil exports to continue its war against Ukraine.

Ukraine is increasingly launching strikes deep into Russian territory , targeting oil and gas facilities in particular. As the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert (Magyar) Brovdy, stated in an interview with the BBC , such attacks will intensify.

Main objectives of the Unmanned Systems Forces

“The territory 1,500–2,000 km deep into Russia is no longer a ‘peaceful rear’. The freedom-loving Ukrainian ‘bird’ flies wherever and whenever it wants,” Madyar told reporters.

Brovdy noted that Russian oil and gas facilities are a priority target for Ukrainian strikes. He emphasized that Russia is using revenues from oil exports to continue the war against Ukraine.

“Putin extracts natural resources and turns them into bloody dollars, which are then directed against us in the form of Shahed drones and ballistic missiles,” Magyar explained.

The journalists added that Tuapse residents were complaining about toxic rain after the second wave of powerful strikes on the local oil refinery in a few days. Brody stressed that such strikes were justified.

“If refineries are a tool for making money that is used for war, then they are a legitimate military target that must be destroyed,” he told reporters.

The journalists added that the Unmanned Systems Forces units make up only 2% of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, Brody reported that they account for a third of all destroyed targets. According to him, the level of their own losses is less than 1% per year.

In addition, Magyar reacted to information that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin wants to seize the entire Donetsk region within a few months.

“What is he smoking? It’s unreal. It’s absurd,” Brody said.

He said that another priority for Ukraine is to reduce Russia’s numerical advantage. Magyar acknowledged that Ukraine has difficulties with mobilization.

“Those who wanted to fight are already fighting,” Brody emphasized.

The commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said that his units received a direct order to kill more enemy soldiers every month than Russia can recruit – over 30,000 people.

“30% of all drone strikes should be directed at military personnel. You could call it a plan of destruction, yes, and now we will exceed it,” shared Magyar.

Brody emphasized that the UAS Force has been executing this plan for four months in a row. Moreover, he noted that the elimination of each occupier must be confirmed by video recording.

Journalists believe that such treatment of the Russian military may seem cruel, but Brody reminded that it is the Russian troops who are far beyond their borders, and Putin sent them to destroy the Ukrainian nation.

“If we don’t kill them, they will kill us. That’s clear,” Magyar emphasized.

According to Brody, the goal of the Unmanned Systems Force is to deter the enemy, not to launch new counteroffensives or recapture vast territories.

“We have an effective weapon: not to wage an offensive war, but not to allow the enemy to effectively advance into our territory,” he said.

(C)UNIAN 2026