SBS (Unmanned Systems Forces)
The Unmanned Systems Forces (Сили безпілотних систем, SBS) is a separate branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine established in 2024. It brought together Ukraine's strike unmanned aerial systems units, consolidating drone warfare capabilities under a single command. Lieutenant Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi, known by the callsign "Borodaty," was appointed its first commander. The branch focuses on employing strike drones against enemy targets on land and at sea, including strikes on Russian naval vessels and infrastructure in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It regularly publishes reports on Russian equipment destroyed by Ukrainian unmanned systems.
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Ukraine's drone forces say 285 Russian shadow fleet vessels hit in 10-week operation
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (СБС) commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi says his service has struck 285 vessels of Russia's shadow fleet in the Black and Azov seas during the ten-week "MoLoChKa" operation. According to Brovdi, the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait are now effectively blocked to shadow-fleet shipping, and navigation in the northern and north-eastern Black Sea is heavily restricted.