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Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine (USF)

Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine (USF)

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Ukraine's long-range drones reach Russia's northern coast

Force in Play

Struck 90 Russian vessels in Sea of Azov in one week (July 6-12); Omsk refinery strike (July 6) set new 2,500-3,000 km distance record

Ukraine struck Russia's largest oil refinery in Omsk on July 6, roughly 2,500 km from Ukrainian territory, setting a new distance record for the campaign. Russia responded two days later by banning all diesel exports until July 31 as nearly all 83 of its federal regions reported fuel shortages.

Updated 2 days ago

Ukraine's four-year campaign to dismantle Russia's Black Sea Fleet

Force in Play

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