The drones of Ukraine’s Hungarian hero blew up a thermal power plant near Moscow

The drones of Ukraine’s Hungarian hero blew up a thermal power plant near Moscow
Photo: FB/PrtScr/Peter Brovdi

Peter Brovdi, the Ukrainian drone commander of Hungarian origin, is not playing small: recently, he directed his lethal drones at a thermal power plant near Moscow, and his “birds” under the call sign “Hungarian” also struck the Crimean Peninsula.

The drone, the wonder weapon of war

Infostart.hu wrote about Brovdi’s social media posts describing these successful attacks, during which Ukrainian forces damaged two targets on the Crimean Peninsula and one near Moscow. Drones have become the most effective weapons in the Ukraine–Russia conflict, akin to the machine gun in World War I, and the tank or aircraft carrier in World War II. Both countries manufacture drones on an industrial scale, with Russia having caught up to Ukraine’s previously more advanced capabilities in every respect.

This is not Brovdi’s first operation inside Russia. In August, his drone strike against a station on the Druzhba (Friendship) oil pipeline near the Belarus-Russia border gained widespread attention. Brovdi even wrote in Hungarian on his post then: “Ruszkik, haza!” (“Russians, go home!”). Footage from that attack can be viewed below:

And here is another on how his team destroyed a Russian military helicopter:

Ukraine strikes back: even Moscow is unsafe

The Ukrainian officer known by the call sign “Magyar,” who received the “Hero of Ukraine” award in May for his courageous actions, has made headlines again. They targeted the only factory in Eastern Europe producing bromine-based chemical compounds on Crimea—annexed by Russia in 2014 for strategic reasons—as well as a high-voltage electricity distribution centre. According to Brovdi, the factory produces equipment also used by the military, thus supporting Russia’s war efforts, while the electricity centre is part of Ukraine’s ongoing campaign against Russian energy infrastructure.

Additionally, they targeted a thermal power plant and electricity supply centre boasting a 1500 MW capacity, located 120 km from Moscow. The attack was successful from a Ukrainian perspective: the plant caught fire, all three transformers went up in flames, and though further damage reports are yet to come, the area’s energy supply has been cut off. Some photos and a video from the attack can be seen below:

A severe blow to Russian civilians

Meanwhile, the Russian military continues to destroy Ukraine’s district heating and energy networks. Ukraine’s retaliatory strikes can be seen in response to these attacks, although at this stage of the war it is hard to discern who fired first. According to infostart.hu, the local homes in the area use district heating powered by thermal centres built during Soviet times, so such attacks cause severe problems, especially with temperatures already below freezing in the region.

Drones blew up thermal plant near Moscow
The damages thermal plant near Moscow. Photo: PrtScr/X/LX

The Hungarian government previously initiated a ban on Brovdi entering the European Union (he has been barred from Hungary and the Schengen area) because the major oil pipeline Druzhba, which also supplies Hungary, was attacked by the major. Responding to Hungary’s ban, Brovdi wrote: “Mr ‘Dancing on the Bones,’ shove your sanctions and my travel restrictions to Hungary up your arse,” asserting his Ukrainian identity but also referring to his father’s homeland, Hungary.

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