Units of the Unmanned Systems Forces struck more than 900 enemy personnel in just a day and a half along a 100-kilometer stretch of the front (Rodynske–Huliaipo

This was reported on March 18 by the Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major Robert Brovdi, call sign “Madyar”.

According to him, a sharp change in weather on March 17–18 in three of the hottest sectors of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions (Dobropillia, Pokrovsk, and Huliaipole sectors), along with the enemy’s planned and somewhat overheated start of the spring-summer campaign, prompted the enemy to resume assault operations under the cover of long-awaited March bad weather.

“The bet on invisibility under old military canons was supposed to work… Before midnight, the first pre-infiltrated assault ‘worm groups’, which had been lying in wait, began moving under drizzle and met a drone backfire: over a hundred enemy bodies were put face down into the ground by Unmanned Systems Forces fighters even before midnight”, — said “Madyar”.

At dawn on March 17, the enemy attempted to attack using amassed infantry, motorcycles, armored vehicles, and even horses simultaneously across more than a dozen sectors. More than 500 of them (292 killed and 221 wounded) were struck by Unmanned Systems Forces units.

“But the fog of varying density didn’t go anywhere and still persists, so the night of March 18 stretched in time, with slightly less intensity, but as of 12:00 it cost another 277 occupiers (141 killed and 136 wounded)”, — “Madyar” noted.

He described 900 enemy casualties in a day and a half as a new benchmark. According to “Madyar”, adjacent brigades also worked effectively.

“And the defenders on the ground were unmatched — not a single sector along that stretch was breached by the enemy over a day and a half. Meanwhile, total enemy losses are significantly higher. Hold the line — what remains of March will be a tough and prolonged fight”, — he predicted.