Secretive factory fueling Moscow’s drone war in 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,
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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.
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.
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