Robert Brovdi

Force in Play

Oversaw the Aug. 30 strikes on the Kirishi refinery, Yeysk airbase and Millerovo drone site, which destroyed five air defense systems; told the AP his forces operate at just 14% of the capacity needed for a full-scale Crimea campaign

Ukrainian drones hit two more Russian oil targets in the first week of September. On Sept. 6, FP-1 long-range drones struck the Ryazan refinery's two largest crude units, cutting more than 77% of its primary refining capacity. The next night, drones hit the LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez refinery and the TANECO facility in Nizhnekamsk, about 1,500 km from Ukraine.

Updated 5 days ago

Force in Play

Active command since June 2025

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