Verified monthly snapshot: operation "MoLoCHKa" against russia's shadow fleet, record month for Unmanned Systems Forces per official "Pidrakhuyka" scoreboard, Commander's highest award and continuation of energy isolation of occupied Crimea. Each item — with date, source and attribution.
| Metric | Value | Attribution |
|---|---|---|
| RF personnel eliminated | 11,609 (374/day) | "Pidrakhuyka" / official channel, 01-02.08 |
| Combat sorties | 230,843 (128,254 strike + 102,589 reconnaissance) | official channel, 01.08 |
| Strike distribution by depth (claimed) | tactical 95.1% (avg. 3.73 km) · operational 4.4% · strategic ~0.5% | official channel, 01.08 |
| Strategic depth — breakdown | oil infrastructure 51 · shadow fleet 206 · energy nodes 166 · air defense 35 · "Crimea blockade" 2008 · logistics 13 | glavcom.ua / ukrinform.ua, 01-02.08 |
| July vs. June (live scoreboard) | record by targets (53,755 vs. 50,147) and sorties (230,843 vs. 227,499) | glavcom.ua, 01.08 (rounded by source) |
| July vs. June (live scoreboard) | Cumulative since 11.06.2025 (USF founding) | killboard.json, monthly_6 vs monthly_7 |
| Metric | Value | Attribution |
|---|---|---|
| 120,948 (63,379 killed + 57,569 wounded) | killboard.json, custom "11.06.2025 - incl." | killboard.json, custom "11.06.2025 - to date" |
| 2,111,571 (1,112,214 strike + 999,357 reconnaissance) | killboard.json, custom "11.06.2025 - incl." | killboard.json, custom "11.06.2025 - to date" |
| Combat sorties | Operation "MoLOChKa" | Indicator |
| 06.07.2026 — first two tankers | Value | Attribution |
|---|---|---|
| Expansion to Black Sea | 15.07.2026 — +20 vessels per day | LB.ua, 06.07 |
| Cumulative as of 30.07 | 205 vessels (130 Sea of Azov + 75 Black Sea) | Kyiv Independent, 15.07 |
| Month summary | 206 vessels since start | Commander's channel, 01.08 |
| Kerch ferry crossing | −75% capacity (jointly with SBU) | Commander's channel, 01.08 |
| rf reaction — redeployment of forces | up to 200 "Rubikon" crews from the front + part of the 51st Air Defense Division | Censor.NET / WZ.lviv.ua, 19.07 |
| russia's reaction — force redeployment | up to 200 "Rubikon" crews from the front + part of 51st Air Defense Division | Kyiv Independent, 18.07, according to the USF Commander |
| Metric | Value | Attribution |
|---|---|---|
| Objects struck as of 19.07 | ~44 | Commander's channel |
| Objects struck as of 29.07 (month-end total) | 96 | Commander's channel |
| Targets struck as of 29.07 (month total) | 166 | Combat metrics are public statements with specified attribution (Commander / Ministry of Defense / independent analysts). The Hub does not conduct its own audit; declared and independently confirmed values are not mixed. Measurement periods vary and are marked explicitly. |
Official count from the USF Commander's channel. In detail: Severing Crimea.
"Drones are the black plague of the third millennium."— Le Monde, 26.07.2026
"MLCHK—MOscow will Fall Through Crimea. Amen."— Telegram, 15.07.2026
"Your journey on Earth is coming to an end, little worm. Well then, you've earned your one-way ticket!"International Coverage
"They all require supply, because the Crimean peninsula is not self-sufficient in terms of resource provision... by closing access routes now, not exit routes, we're not touching the Crimean Bridge."— LB.ua, 21.07.2026 — why the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not striking the Crimean Bridge
Journalist Tsao Yu-hsin personally visited the underground USF command post for a major report by the Taiwanese outlet. Part 1: origins of drone tactics (from DJI reconnaissance to FPV in less than 2 months), the "borscht recipe" doctrine—proportional force composition per 100 km of front, Brave1 Market/DOT-Chain Defence ecosystem, 95% drones of Ukrainian manufacture (MoD, June 2026). Cited metric: units under Brovdi's command—2.5% of Armed Forces of Ukraine strength, over 30% of Russian Federation losses.
Second part of the same report: quantification as a management principle ("if you can't count it—you can't plan the future"), skepticism about Putin's intentions, and a direct address to Taiwan—"even a cat can scare off a bear," "we'll share experience, but we won't fight for your land... ultimately, it will be your war."
Defense News (Reuters reprint)
Reuters material (Sergiy Karazy, Dan Peleschuk), reprinted by Defense News: USF drones in July struck an average of ~6 vessels per day in the Black and Azov Seas; goal—disabling (engines/steering), not destruction, while avoiding large-scale oil spills.
Independent Irish journalist Cailín Robertson released a major video interview on the strategy of isolating Crimea without a ground assault: "We are creating conditions in which the worm cannot endure staying on the peninsula."
Censor.NET (+ Interfax-Ukraine, Suspilne, Glavcom)
LB.ua (+ Censor.NET mirror)
Financial Times draws a parallel with the Iran-Iraq "tanker war" of the 1980s: strikes against the Russian Federation in the Azov Sea matched or surpassed that conflict in intensity, according to Ambrey analyst assessment.
Al Jazeera: operation "Molochka" is strangling occupied Crimea without fuel and electricity, Kerch ferries disabled—with named mention of "Robert 'Madyar' Brovdi" and the SBU.
ArmyInform / Kyiv Independent
LB.ua (+ Censor.NET mirror)
Censor.NET (+ WZ.lviv.ua — joint USF+SBU statement)
The USF Internal Security Service uncovered a case of bribery in recruitment (an official demanded $2,000 to facilitate enlistment); materials transferred to the State Bureau of Investigation. The Commander declared "zero tolerance" for corruption, violence, theft, harassment, hazing; warned of fraudsters impersonating official USF representatives.
ArmiyaInform / Kyiv Independent
On July 15 (Day of Ukrainian Statehood) Brovdi officially revealed on Telegram the decryption: "MLCHK—MOscow will Fall Through Crimea. Amen." That same day the operation was expanded to the Black Sea—20 vessels in 24 hours. Quote: "First round of the sea battle completed. Now the Black Sea."
Censor.NET (+ WZ.lviv.ua—joint USF+SBU statement)
USF Commander's Channel
USF Commander's Channel / Kyiv Independent
USF Commander's Channel
Systematic air defense hunting: 35 air defense elements in July (S-400, "Tor", "Pantsir", radar), opening corridors for deep strikes in remaining campaigns. Plus base of naval drones in Crimea and Shahed launch site in DAP (30.07).
As of 30.07 — 205 vessels struck (130 Sea of Azov + 75 Black Sea) since launch; per day — 4 more tankers. Ground targets of the same day directly attributed to brigades: 9th Battalion "Kairos"/414th "Madyar's Birds" Brigade, 412th Brigade "Nemezida", "Phoenix" USF contingent in State Border Guard. By 01.08 the month's final count reached 206 vessels.
Campaign against energy infrastructure powering occupied Crimea: count of struck targets grew from ~44 (07.07) to 166 (July) — 330/220/110 kV substations in Kerch, Feodosia, Yevpatoria and the "Kuban-Crimea" node. Official count from the USF channel.
Brovdi publicly addressed defensively oriented NATO countries with step-by-step guidebook for creating own unmanned systems forces — "First 5 Steps", epigraph "Si vis pacem, para bellum".
Pilot of 7th Battalion 414th "Madyar's Birds" Brigade shot down russian reconnaissance-strike UAV Forpost-R at altitude 4,300 m in Kursk Oblast using "Chaklun-KM" interceptor — second confirmed Forpost trophy for the brigade (first — April 2025).
Crew of 427th Separate USF Brigade "Rarog" shot down russian attack helicopter Mi-28 "Night Hunter" in Belgorod Oblast (area of Vyazove settlement).
June 2026 — first year of USF, oil refining campaign, start of Crimea isolation, wave of international coverage.
June 2026