Robert Brovdi, Ukraine’s drone commander with Russian oil in his sights

Four years ago, Robert Brovdi was more comfortable in dirty trenches at auction houses like Christie’s. Fragments of the pre-war life of the man, who was a wealthy grain seller and art collector at the time, survive in the paintings and sculptures of Ukrainian artists scattered around the bunker. They are displayed next to missile casings and captured drones. He is an ethnic Hungarian from Uzhhorod in western Ukraine and is best known by his military callsign Magyar. He had shaved before the war and now has a long beard spotted with red and grey.