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Beyond Magyar’s Birds: How Robert Brovdi turns battlefield drone success into a military system

Robert “Magyar” Brovdi’s rise from leading a small battlefield drone group to commanding the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has placed him at the center of Kyiv’s effort to turn wartime drone innovation into a durable military system, according to official Ukrainian records reviewed by NV on Sept. 30.

30 September, 04:17 PM

Ukraine hits 29 more facilities across Russian-occupied south

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck another 29 energy facilities across Russian-occupied territories in southern Ukraine overnight on Aug. 12-13, SBU unit commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi said.

14 August, 12:24 PM

How Ukraine's drone chief plans to force Russia out of Crimea

Ukraine is executing a historic strategy to reclaim the occupied Crimean peninsula without launching a costly ground assault, relying instead on long-range drone strikes to systematically sever Russia’s fuel, power, and logistics, Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said in an interview with journalist Caolan Robertson on July 21.

21 July, 05:30 PM

95% of drones procured for military are domestically produced

Ninety-five percent of the drones purchased for Ukraine's Defense Forces by the Defense Procurement Agency are domestically produced, the Defense Ministry said on June 22, highlighting the country's growing reliance on local manufacturers.

22 June, 06:39 PM

Ukraine deploys Lasar's Group and Magyar's Birds to counter Russian artillery buildup near Pokrovsk

Russia is substantially increasing its artillery presence and attempting to establish a sprawling network of drone launch points in the Pokrovsk agglomeration in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine's 7th Rapid Response Air Assault Corps reported on May 18.

18 May, 06:14 PM

Ukrainian drones destroy Russian armor in Donetsk sector — video

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces disrupted a Russian offensive in the Donetsk direction and destroyed enemy armored vehicles, the military reported on Jan. 14.

14 January, 01:48 PM

Ukrainian drones strike chemical plant and power hub in occupied Crimea

Ukrainian drone forces have struck the Perekop Bromine Plant in Krasnoperekopsk and a high-voltage substation in the occupied Crimea, Robert Magyar Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS), reported on Nov. 23.

24 November 2025, 07:42 AM

Ukrainian troops shoot down Russian Orion drone worth millions, Magyar posts video

Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Orion combat reconnaissance drone worth several million dollars, commander of Ukraine’s Drone Systems Forces Robert “Magyar” Brovdi announced via Telegram on Sept. 13, marking the first confirmed destruction of this type of UAV.

14 September 2025, 07:00 PM

Ukrainian drones hit 23,400 Russian targets and eliminated 5,100 troops in July — Syrskyi

Ukrainian drones struck 23,400 Russian targets in July, mostly using FPV drones and night bombers, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said following a meeting on the development of unmanned systems forces on Aug. 8.

8 August 2025, 01:45 PM

Magyar’s unit claims dozens of North Korean, Russian troops killed in Kursk Oblast, shares video

Robert Brovdi, commander of the aerial reconnaissance unit known by the call sign “Magyar,” shared a video on his Telegram channel showing what he claims are the bodies of 22 North Korean and Russian soldiers killed during an assault in Kursk Oblast on Dec. 14.

15 December 2024, 05:24 PM

‘We look after fundraised money’: One Ukrainian drone saves another with critical intel in odd video

A Ukrainian drone unit saved another Ukrainian reconnaissance drone after it was downed in no man’s land near Krynyky on the left bank of Kherson Oblast, as you can see in this unusual video posted by Magyar Birds unit commander, Robert Broudy, on YouTube on March 4.

5 March 2024, 02:35 PM

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