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 unmanned forces claim 285 Russian shadow-fleet vessels struck in ten-week Black Sea operation
Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces Robert 'Madyar' Brovdi says his unit has struck 285 ships of Russia's 'shadow fleet' in the Black and Azov Seas over the ten weeks of operation 'МоЛоЧКа'. He reports that movement through the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait is effectively halted for shadow-fleet vessels, while the northern and northeastern Black Sea is significantly complicated for them.