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Ukraine's defense ministry said its drone units recorded attacks against more than 800,000 Russian targets from January through June. The total nearly doubles the full-year figure reported for 2025. Production targets have also risen sharply.
Ukraine's defense ministry said Monday that its drone units recorded attacks against more than 800,000 Russian targets in the first half of 2026. The figure is roughly double the pace recorded for all of 2025. The ministry stated that the strikes were verified through video evidence submitted by drone teams to the Delta battlefield-management system.
Units receive ePoints on an internal scoreboard that can be used to purchase equipment on the Brave1 marketplace. Ukrainian drone operators recorded 181,000 targets hit in May, the highest monthly total so far this year. Targets included Russian soldiers, air defense systems, artillery and rocket systems, drones, civilian vehicles, headquarters, warehouses, and jammers.
The ministry added that about 167,000 Russian soldiers were killed or seriously wounded in the strikes. Drones now account for over 90 percent of enemy casualties, defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on June 16 that the country is on track to produce 10 million drones in 2026, compared with 4 million produced in 2025.
The Brave1 marketplace currently lists about 800 types of FPV light strike drones and 185 types of interceptor drones.
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