Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) struck Russian locomotives, communications towers, ammunition depots, a drone landing site, and a logistics hub in occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts between 23 and 25 April, the SBS commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi reported. The SBS is expanding the kill zone, scaling up its operations at operational depth in the occupied areas, the commander said.
"Welcome to the stone age"
The SBS Deep Strike Center is gaining momentum, Brovdi said, with railway logistics, warehouses, fuel depots, communications, and command posts now under strike.
"There will be enough birds," he added, referring to the middle-range drones drones.
The strikes change the very logic of the occupiers' presence in the rear, Madyar noted, forcing them to hide, disperse, and lose control over supply.
Brovdi framed the campaign in characteristically vivid terms:
"Welcome to the stone age," he wrote, telling Russian troops in occupied territories that rail logistics will become "dog sleds and gondolas," and internet "pigeons," and warehouses and fuel depots will retreat "beyond the Urals."
What got hit, by whom, and where
All strikes were carried out using domestically produced FP-2 mid-range strike drones, Madyar's video shows.
- On 25 April, the 9th "Kairos" battalion of the 414th SBS Brigade Madyar's Birds used two drones to strike two Russian locomotives in occupied parts of Donetsk Oblast. Later, pilots from the same unit struck another moving Russian train.
- On 24 April, the 20th SBS Brigade "K-2" used two drones to destroy a Russian logistics hub in occupied parts of Luhansk Oblast. The same day, the 412th SBS Brigade NEMESIS struck a communications tower in Zaporizhzhia Oblast — the structure collapsed completely.
- Between 23 and 25 April, the 9th "Kairos" battalion and the 1st SBS Center struck several communications hubs and another tower across occupied Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. On 25 April, the 9th battalion also identified and hit a Russian temporary deployment point in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
- On 23 April, specialists from the 1st SBS Center destroyed a Russian ammunition and supply depot in Luhansk Oblast. On 24 April, NEMESIS pilots struck a Russian drone landing site and storage depot in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The same day, the 1st SBS Center hit another Russian ammunition depot in occupied Luhansk Oblast.
A campaign that's still scaling
The SBS established its Deep Strike Center earlier this year to coordinate long-range drone operations against high-priority Russian targets in occupied territories and beyond. The center has accelerated the tempo of strikes, with overnight operations against Iskander missile bases, air defense systems, and even the elite Russian drone unit Rubikon's facilities all carried out in a single 16-target package on 16 April.
Ukraine details its “deep strike center” – the coordination unit behind long-range drone operations on occupied territories
Ukraine's drone forces have hit 240 sensitive targets across Russia and occupied territories in the first 48 days of 2026 alone. SBS units have destroyed 26 Russian air defense elements at operational depth in March alone, with a Buk-M3 destroyed 50 km inside Bryansk Oblast.
Brovdi's stated goal is to scale the SBS to 5% of Ukraine's total military personnel — enough, he argued last September, to provide full front coverage at all three depths: tactical, operational, and strategic.
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