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,

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.

Russian anti-drone buggies retrofitted with a 24-barrel buckshot weapon on the rugged chassis of the iconic 4×4 Lada Niva.

In a recent escalation, Russia launched 60 drones targeting various regions across Ukraine overnight. Ukrainian air defense successfully downed 36 of these drones, while 23 were neutralized through electronic warfare measures;