Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine (USF)

Force in Play

Struck the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl on Sept. 17 and Rostov Airfield on Sept. 18. On Sept. 24-25, hit the Perm and Novoshakhtinsk refineries, two radar stations near Novoshakhtinsk, and the Iskra electronics plant in Ulyanovsk. On Sept. 26, struck the Ilsky and Afipsky refineries in Krasnodar Krai. Reported striking at least 16 targets in September, and Ukraine's Defense Ministry said the strikes disabled more than 51% of Russia's refining capacity.

Ukrainian drones set fire to the Kirishi refinery in Leningrad Oblast, Russia's second-largest, overnight into Nov. 9, and struck the Morozov plant near St Petersburg, which makes solid fuel for Iskander ballistic missiles. A woman was killed by falling debris in Kirishi, and a Russian strike on Odesa killed three people.

Updated 2 days ago

Force in Play

Tracked drone strike rates during the restriction

Ukraine's Operation Vivaldi pushed Russian forces back 277 square kilometers in the Donbas, freeing 16 settlements. The campaign collapsed an attempted Russian pincer around Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, the fortress cities it was meant to encircle.

Updated 7 days ago

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Operating over 100,000 drone sorties per month

On April 20, Ukraine struck two large Russian Navy landing ships — the Yamal and the Nikolai Filchenkov — in Sevastopol Bay, disabling an estimated $150 million in naval assets and destroying a Podlet-K1 radar station. The same night, drones hit the Tuapse oil refinery in Krasnodar for the second time in a week, igniting tank farm fires at one of Russia's ten largest refineries. These were the latest in a sustained campaign that has forced Russia's Black Sea Fleet to abandon its historic base in Crimea and retreat to Novorossiysk, where it is still being hit.

Updated May 31