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You know, everything you tell us will be used against you,” the interviewer on Russian TV warns Timur Shagivaleev, the man behind one of the country’s biggest drone factories.
Russia is launching a record-breaking number of drones at Ukrainian cities. But these ones include new technology, like advanced satellite navigation systems and the capacity to carry a 90-kg munition.
China supports russian terrorism – thus, China directly supports the fight against Europe. The new russian drone consists almost entirely of Chinese components, — GUR. The intelligence agency has published data on the drone, which the russians use as a decoy, reconnaissance… pic.twitter.com/1mpwMf9Kkh
The plant manufactures countermeasure stations for front-line aircraft and is a major part of Russia's military-industrial complex.
Russia's Shahed-style one-way attack drones are used in nightly bombardments against Ukrainian cities.
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The shipments have allowed Russian weapons-maker IEMZ Kupol to increase its production of the Garpiya-A1 attack drone, despite the U.S. and EU sanctions imposed in October.
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, both sides have launched multiple drone attacks on each other. Ukraine, which is fighting a much larger Russian army, has developed a drone industry from scratch and is now focusing on increasing its capacity to produce more long-range drones.
Ukraine and NATO thus need far cheaper solutions compared to missiles like the Patriot to fight Shaheds, Maj. Gen. Christian Freuding said.