Russia, drone and Ukraine

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.
Ukrainian drone attack was under way before Azerbaijani plane's crash, Russian aviation chief says
Russia's aviation chief said Friday that a Ukrainian drone attack was under way in the region of Chechnya at the time an Azerbaijani airliner attempted to land before diverting to Kazakhstan and crashing there earlier this week.
Ukrainian drone attack was underway before Azerbaijani plane crashed, Russian aviation chief says
Russia’s aviation chief says that a Ukrainian drone attack was underway in the Russian region that an airliner was destined for before it diverted and crashed earlier this week. Dmitry Yadrov, of Rosaviatsia,
Russia says Azerbaijan Airlines flight which crashed diverted amid fog and Ukrainian drone alert
Russia's aviation watchdog said on Friday that an Azerbaijan Airlines plane which crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday had decided to reroute from its original destination in Chechnya amid dense fog and a local alert over Ukrainian drones.
Russia ‘shot down passenger jet with air defence missile amid Ukrainian drone attack’ killing 38 in Xmas fireball crash
RUSSIA downed a passenger plane over Kazakhstan on Christmas Day killing 38 in a fireball crash, according to government sources. An initial investigation by the Azerbaijani government reportedly
Russia's Shahed Drone Warehouse Engulfed in 'Devastating' Fire: Ukraine
Ukrainian military intelligence said a Russian Shahed-136 drone warehouse became engulfed in a "devastating" fire that destroyed $16 million worth of drone parts, according to a Telegram post by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR).
Airports reopen following Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Kazan
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Zelenskyy denounces Russia's Christmas Day missile and drone attack on Ukraine as "inhumane"
A massive Russian missile and drone barrage on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Christmas morning was "inhumane," Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said.
Ukraine's Air Force strikes Russian plant producing ballistic missile fuel
Ukraine's Air Force has carried out a precise strike on a factory producing ballistic missile fuel in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, in Russiaʼs Rostov Oblast. Source: Centre for Strategic Communications (StratCom) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram Details: The military reported that the factory targeted was used by the Russians for producing solid propellant for the ballistic missiles which they use to strike critical and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.
Russia launches missile and drone attack on Ukraine; Air defense downs 13 UAVs
Russia launches 31 drones overnight: 20 destroyed, 11 off target — Ukrainian Air Force It was noted that another 11 drones did not reach their targets. Russia launched the missiles from the Voronezh and Kursk oblasts of the Russian Federation,
Belarus Weekly — 2024 in review: Drone incursions, deepening alliance with Russia, totalitarianism
Belarus, under dictator Alexander Lukashenko, continued to descend into totalitarianism, imprisoning people at will and ...
Azerbaijan Airlines claims 'external interference' caused plane crash in Kazakhstan: All eyes on Russia
Russian state media has maintained that the jet was rerouted due to poor weather conditions and claimed the crash may have ...
Did Russia Shoot Down Azeri Plane That Crashed in Kazakhstan? What We Know
Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 caught fire as it tried to make an emergency landing in Aktau, southwestern Kazakhstan, on ...
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From Civilians to Drone Defenders: The Story of Ukraine’s Signum Unit
Initially a group of infantrymen, they shifted to drones early in the war.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin open to peace talks in Slovakia as reports claim North Korean soldier captured
Putin open to peace talks in Slovakia as reports claim North Korean soldier captured - Four Russians accused of helping ...
Senior Russian Officers Eliminated in Combined HIMARS-Drone Strike: Kyiv
Kyiv says the double-tap strike killed three high-ranking military officials and destroyed several vehicles in occupied ...
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Drone attack damages oil pumping station in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast
The attack on the Desna oil pumping station of Transneft-Druzhba JSC in the village of Desna was reportedly carried out on ...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv targets missile fuel factory as Moscow claims assassination attempts foiled
Ukraine has claimed to have struck a Russian industrial facility producing fuel for missiles, as Moscow says it has foiled ...