Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces Robert “Madyar” Brovdi said that Moscow “will cling to Crimea until the very end” as the main trophy of the war, even in an “island” mode.
According to him, for Russia, Crimea is a “pillar of the ideology of greatness” and gives it additional advantages, including the idea of an “internal Azov water area of the Russian Federation.”
At the same time, Brovdi noted that Crimea as a bridgehead for attacks on Ukraine has already become a “military absurdity.”
The USF commander described the further approach as a “borscht recipe from the Freedom-Loving Ukrainian Bird.” Among its ingredients, he listed a “full air-defense collapse,” strikes on the remnants of the fleet, a halt to the shadow fleet, resource and logistical exhaustion, a tourism default, an energy desert and a transport lockdown.
СБС вночі 21 червня уразили військові обʼєкти ворога в Криму: нафтобазу нафтоналивного термінала в Керчі, РЛС «Каста-2Е2» в Курортному, РЛС «Небо-У» у Керчі, газові компресорні станції в Ароматному, Журавлівці, Ключах. pic.twitter.com/YgHw0V1WZQ
— Центр журналістських розслідувань (@InvestigatorUa) June 21, 2026
“Feed it with subsidies, bunker grandpa, but don’t dream of controlling it — things will never be the way they were,” Brovdi said.
He also addressed Ukrainians in the occupied territory and urged them to stay away from military facilities and anything flammable.
“Ukrainians in the occupied territory, forgive us from now on for the constant air alerts, closed bridges/roads, darkness, unrest and stress. Stay away from military facilities and anything flammable, share intelligence and simply take care of yourselves,” the USF commander wrote.
According to Brovdi, “the Bird works with precision,” but during strikes there may be consequences for nearby areas.
He said there appears to be no other way to demilitarize the occupied peninsula and drive the occupiers out of it.
“Crimea will bring Moscow down; it is the point of psychological fracture,” Brovdi noted.
