Ukrainian forces have launched a highly effective drone campaign east of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, devastating Russian supply routes and crippling their offensive operations. Dubbed the “roads of death,” these corridors are now littered with destroyed Russian vehicles, from tanks to motorcycles, targeted by precise FPV drone strikes. Under the command of Robert Brovdi (callsign Magyar), Ukrainian drone units maintain near-total surveillance and fire control over vast stretches of terrain, forcing Russian troops to resort to desperate and often futile infiltration tactics, according to the Euromaidan Press. The campaign mirrors Ukraine’s earlier success on the western front, signaling a broader collapse of Russia’s offensive capabilities in the region.

Today, there are important updates from the Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk Oblast.

Here, Ukrainian forces unleashed their best drone units to cripple the Russian logistic routes east of Pokrovsk.  As Ukrainian drone forces established what soldiers on the ground now call roads of death, the Russian offensive has entered a new phase of collapse. […]

Drone operators relentlessly hunt down any movement, as confirmed by footage from both sides showing the aftermath of the Ukrainian strikes: twisted metal, burning wrecks, and craters every few meters. Russian riders filming their own advance revealed dozens of destroyed vehicles piled up at road bends, precisely the points where Ukrainian operators wait for the slightest slowdown of the enemy vehicle to strike with deadly accuracy. […]

These new roads of death mirror what already happened on the western flank of Pokrovsk. There, Russia’s entire offensive effort disintegrated under the pressure of Ukrainian drone strikes that paralyzed their logistics and ability to conduct any semblance of an offensive.  […]

The roads of death are expanding, their blackened wrecks marking the edge of Russian reach. The sky belongs to Ukraine, and under Brovdi’s relentless coordination, every day brings new footage of destroyed armor and failed assaults. Whether the Russians will keep smashing their forces against this drone wall or shift their attention north to Kostiantynivka or Lyman, or south toward Zaporizhzhia remains to be seen.

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