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Ukraine Drone Boss's Bloody New Goal: Kill or Maim 35,000 Russians a Month

Robert Brovdi has a plan

Aug 09, 2025
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Russians right before a drone strikes. Birds of Magyar capture.

Ukraine’s drone chief has set a new goal for his crews—to kill more Russian troops every month than the Kremlin can recruit.

Robert Brovdi, the new head of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, told Ukrainian-American war correspondent David Kirichenko his drone teams “must aim to kill or wound as many Russian troops as are deployed in Ukraine each month—a number estimated at 35,000,” in Kirichenko’s words.

That’s … a lot of Russians. But Brovdi has a plan.

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