Robert Brovdi

Force in Play

Oversaw the Aug. 30 strikes on the Kirishi refinery, Yeysk airbase and Millerovo drone site, which destroyed five air defense systems; told the AP his forces operate at just 14% of the capacity needed for a full-scale Crimea campaign

Ukraine's Defense Ministry said Oct. 5 that long-range strikes have disabled more than 51% of Russia's oil refining capacity, an assessment that could not be independently verified. Putin acknowledged at the Valdai Club forum that the strikes cost Russia roughly 1% of GDP.

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Force in Play

Active command since June 2025

On April 20, Ukraine struck two large Russian Navy landing ships — the Yamal and the Nikolai Filchenkov — in Sevastopol Bay, disabling an estimated $150 million in naval assets and destroying a Podlet-K1 radar station. The same night, drones hit the Tuapse oil refinery in Krasnodar for the second time in a week, igniting tank farm fires at one of Russia's ten largest refineries. These were the latest in a sustained campaign that has forced Russia's Black Sea Fleet to abandon its historic base in Crimea and retreat to Novorossiysk, where it is still being hit.

Updated May 31