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Russia is intensifying its air war in Ukraine. A secretive factory is ramping up drone production to fuel the offensive
A manufacturing plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region has significantly scaled up its production of Iranian-designed drones, using a range of Chinese components, and recruiting a low-skilled workforce of Russian teenagers and African women,
Secret plant in Russia increases drone production for war against Ukraine
In 2023, the factory produced 2,738 Shahed drones, and by the first nine months of 2024, it more than doubled this output, manufacturing 5,760 drones. According to anonymous sources, the factory is also assembling thousands of “fake” drones aimed at exhausting Ukraine’s air defense systems.
Ukraine Is Using Millions of Hours of Drone Footage to Train AI for Warfare
The country's defense ministry has said it is able to spot 12,000 Russian pieces of equipment a week using AI identification tools.
The War in Ukraine is the World's First Drone War
Until the large-scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine, there hadn’t been such a prolific employment of drones by two conventional militaries against one another.
The secretive factory fueling Moscow’s drone war in Ukraine
Russia’s drone strikes on Ukraine have increased sixfold in four months. The offensive is being fueled by a facility in Russia’s southern Tatarstan region, which is ramping up production with the help of a low-skilled workforce of Russian students.
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Ukraine war latest: US intelligence suggests Russia 'misidentified plane as drone before shooting it down' - report
We've also now heard from Ukraine's foreign minister ... Russia has extensively used sophisticated jamming equipment to fend off drone attacks. The country's aviation chief has said that as the ...
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3 senior Russian officers killed in HIMARS, drone attack, Ukraine’s military intelligence says
Three senior Russian officers have been killed in a Ukrainian strike using HIMARS and drones in an occupied area of ...
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Russia deploys 24-barrel buckshot-firing anti-drone buggies in Ukraine
Russian anti-drone buggies retrofitted with a 24-barrel buckshot weapon on the rugged chassis of the iconic 4×4 Lada Niva.
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Ukraine's military intelligence says North Korean troops are suffering heavy battlefield losses
Ukraine struck back with drone strikes of its own. Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communications said the military ...
How Ukraine’s new drone-missile hybrids are changing long-range weapon technology
Ukraine has turbo-charged its long-distance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), making “rocket-drones” to compete with cruise ...
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Ukraine tests advanced drone command post for enhanced operational control
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, together with a Ukrainian manufacturer, has begun testing a command post for ...
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North Korean soldier’s notebook reveals ‘human bait’ anti-drone tactics
Ukrainian special forces have released an image of a North Korean soldier's notebook explaining how to deal with enemy drones ...
‘I have to be here. My family understands’: Christmas on the frontline with Ukraine’s drone brigade
In the forests near Kharkiv, Askold Krushelnycky speaks to soldiers spending Christmas fighting a hi-tech battle against ...
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From Civilians to Drone Defenders: The Story of Ukraine’s Signum Unit
For the soldiers of Ukraine’s Signum UAV unit, drones aren’t just tools — they are lifelines. Also read British Storm Shadow ...