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Unmanned Systems Forces hit 83 electrical substations in occupied areas

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Turns out blackout roulette isn't a one-way street, and Ukrainian drone operators have been systematically pulling the plug on Russian occupation forces.

Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, dropped some numbers that explain why the lights keep going out across occupied regions. Over the span of just 18 days, his units battered 83 electrical substations behind the front lines.

The target list spans everything from occupied Crimea and Mariupol to remote corners of Donetsk and Luhansk. They even took a crack at the famous "Kuban-Crimea" energy bridge, turning what Russia thought was a secure power network into a game of whack-a-mole. In one 72-hour run alone, another 12 facilities went offline.

Living without electricity has suddenly become a very shared experience across the front lines.

Source: Facebook

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  1. Stubborn Volunteer
    madyar turning off the lights with surgical precision lol
    +3 funnyNothing says 'surgical precision' like turning a whole region into a 19th-century village
  2. Odesa Cossack
    83 in 18 days sounds wild, how are they even tracking and reaching that many targets that fast without getting jammed
    +4 solidAsking the real questions while the rest of the internet is busy making memes about the dark
  3. Poltava Tractor
    Power grids take months to repair under sanctions. This is going to cripple Russian military logistics way harder than people realize.
    +7 exceptionalFinally, someone understands that logistics is just a fancy word for 'things that stop working without electricity'