War has come to Putin's doorstep: the secret battalion burning Russia
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The Kairos Battalion of the 414th "Birds of Magyar" Brigade is a priority target for the Russians. For two weeks now, they have been bombing Moscow, humiliating Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin in front of his people and on the world stage. The unit is highly classified and has never previously spoken to the press.
Its fighters are required to abstain from alcohol, conceal their employment from friends and family, and undergo regular polygraph tests to ensure they have not disclosed any classified information, The Times writes .
"We're trying to make the war too expensive for them to continue and force them to make peace," says Battalion Commander Ray, then adds a veiled threat to Putin: "A drone doesn't care if it's in front of an oil refinery, a port, or the Kremlin." Kairos, named after the Greek god of opportune moments, has already achieved impressive success. On June 19, Moscow residents awoke to find the city shrouded in thick black smoke from a burning oil refinery.
Twelve days earlier, delegates to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum watched as Russia's second capital was engulfed in smoke from a burning oil terminal.
"We're making history here," notes Panama, the company commander leading the UAV launch. "A few years ago, Putin told everyone he could conquer us in three days. Now he sees Russia burning. We didn't start this, but we're paying them back. Justice has come."
The pace of attacks is relentless: the unit launches long-range attack drones into Russia almost daily or carries out medium-range strikes in occupied territories. These operations are coordinated with related units, which sometimes deploy new Ukrainian cruise missiles. Over the past week, Ukrainian strikes have hit eight oil and gas facilities, factories producing precision instruments for missiles and rocket fuel, and military logistics warehouses – all in 12 Russian regions.
At their farthest, drones traveled at least 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. "The technology we have today means that war is no longer something you can wage on foreign soil, keeping it at arm's length. It will return to your own home," Panama emphasizes. "And when you smell the burning war on your doorstep, you perceive it completely differently than when you just watch it on television."
He gives the order, and one by one, eight drones take off, each firing into the twilight with a rocket booster that flares brightly and plummets to the ground as soon as the propellers kick in. Each leaves behind a swirl of smoke and the lingering smell of sulfur and charcoal. In the lead-up to the strikes on Moscow, Kairos spent two months systematically destroying Russian anti-aircraft systems on the outskirts of the city. "We've been operating as a battalion for about 200 days, and during that period, we've hit about 200 targets," Ray explained. These strikes presented Putin and his commanders with a dilemma, he adds.
Now, if they start replacing them, if they concentrate a lot of air defense around Moscow, this will open up many other vulnerabilities in different places – for example, in Crimea, he added. Ray and Panama were among those who survived the battle on the very first day of the war, rushing to defend the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "We had no military experience, and we were waiting for the Wagner mercenaries. It was the most terrifying time of my life," Ray notes.
They subsequently joined an elite special forces unit that performed assault and clearing missions, and Ray was then sent to a US Army base in Wiesbaden, Germany, where he served as a liaison officer with Ukraine's allies.
There, he says, he learned a lot about NATO's own drone "deep strike" programs. Upon his return, he approached Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Force, with the idea of creating his own battalion. Seven months later, his NATO connections are still proving useful, he said. "We usually get pretty good intelligence from our British friends, and we really appreciate it," the military officer added.
Kairos and the 414th Brigade now play a key role in the SBS's long-range strikes, which, according to them, have dramatically increased the scale of operations - increasing the number of long-range attacks fourfold and medium-range drone strikes 28 times compared to last year.
The unit includes foreigners, some former special forces soldiers, including several Britons, Americans, Europeans, and one Japanese. Ray hopes their success will help attract more volunteers, especially among soldiers who recognize that the traditional armies they serve in are outdated.
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