WSJ: How Chinese engines power Russia’s deadly drone raids on Ukrainian cities
Covert exports from China provide Russia with drone engines, navigation gear, and batteries, WSJ says.
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Russia uses three distinct turboprop Shahed drone variants — all packed with foreign parts
Ukraine’s sanctions envoy said that Moscow’s drone assembly plants in Tatarstan and Izhevsk can’t operate without imported microcontrollers and digital converters.
Atesh partisans hit deep in Russia — railway nearly 1,000 km from Ukraine burns
Drones meant for Ukrainian cities lie stranded on scorched tracks.
Frontline report: Russian drone factories now staffed by teenagers as adult workforce collapses
Students recruited from technical schools now live in guarded dormitories at the Alabuga complex, working under surveillance with punishments for errors and reports of forced overtime.
Ukraine must build “anti-Rubicon” hunter units to target elite Russian drone crews, says expert
Mariia Berlinska says offensive counter-strategy is urgently needed against 5,000-strong force.
Hudson Institute lists Russia’s eight most fragile military arteries Ukraine could sever next to break the stalemate
A new report highlights targets ranging from Crimean bridges to drone factories that sustain Moscow’s war effort. Analysts argue that striking these weak points could paralyze Russia’s logistics and increase the cost of occupation.
Syrskyi: Ukrainian “Deep Strike” drone missions in June reached 115 missions
Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign continues to put pressure on Russia’s war infrastructure.
Czech firms secretly shipped machine tools to Russia — even during war, investigation finds
Tools from top manufacturers entered Russia even in 2024, data shows, according to The Insider.
In Russia’s Alabuga and Kupol factories workers glue together death for daily attacks
These aren’t just loitering munitions anymore. They’re evolving into a weapon of strategic paralysis.
Drones hit Russia’s Shahed drone factory 1,200 km from Ukraine again
The facility in Tatarstan's Yelabuga was previously targeted in April.
CNN: Russia plans to use 10,000 Chinese tech-based decoy drones to exhaust Ukrainian air defense
Russia accelerates drone production at expanded Tatarstan factory, planning 10,000 Chinese-based decoy drones alongside Shaheds, using low-cost strategy to exhaust Ukrainian air defense.
Russian Shahed drone parts warehouse destroyed in Tatarstan, per Ukrainian intelligence
HUR says vital components for 400 Iranian-designed attack drones worth $16 million were destroyed by a fire at Russia's Alabuga facility.
AP: Russia dupes African women into making drones for its war in Ukraine
Russia's Alabuga factory is recruiting African and Asian women to assemble drones for the Ukraine war, using deceptive job advertisements and exploiting labor shortages.
Shahed factory in Tatarstan hit, says Ukrainian intel, yet satellite images show no damage
It is unclear whether the factory producing kamikaze drones launched en masse by Russia will scale down production