Russian defense-linked Energiya plant burns after latest Ukrainian drone strike (VIDEOS, MAP)
Energiya, one of only three such factories in Russia, supplies batteries for everything from drones to intercontinental missiles.
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Intel: Russia’s economy transforms into military dependency, while oil revenues drop 17%
Russia has trapped itself in a "military rent" scenario where continuing the war becomes financially impossible, yet stopping it triggers mass unemployment and economic restructuring.
HUR: Russia amassed 260 foreign machines for tank production since 2007 war planning
Intelligence documents expose how European CNC technology powers Russian tank production, creating leverage points for coordinated sanctions enforcement.
Ukraine destroys thermobaric weapons facility that fed drone strikes on its cities, satellite images confirm
A 7 July strike lit up the Krasnozavodsk Chemical Plant, a core supplier of Shahed drone explosives.
Two Russian explosives production-linked plants go up in flames after drone strikes (video)
Shared videos reveal damage, drone activity, and fires at Nevinnomysk and Novokuybyshevsk facilities. Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed the attacks.
Key Russian military factory of microelectronics halts work after Ukrainian drone attack
Kremniy EL factory in Bryansk produced components for Russian systems like the Pantsir air defense and Iskander missiles used for the war in Ukraine.
Russia unveils “Chapai” remote combat module, mimicking Ukrainian “Shablia”
The turret is capable of firing from various machine guns. Like Ukrainian Shablia, it is controlled by cable but has not entered serial production yet.
Russians may have received 203-mm shells from Iran
The supply indicates growing defense cooperation between the countries, complementing the list of other calibers which Iran has been supplying to Russia.
Drones attack Russian factory that produced missile fuel
Geolocated footage suggests a workshop was on fire at the Kamensk chemical factory
Istories: Russia’s arms industry still importing vital foreign CNC machines despite sanctions
Türkiye, the UAE. and China are acting as key conduits for Western technology feeding Russia's arms production, an investigation has found.
US officials: Beijing provides Moscow with components to boost military production
US officials report China is supplying Russia with crucial components for missiles, drones, and military equipment, enabling Moscow to ramp up defense production amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine, raising calls for increased sanctions.
Storage bases remain the primary source filling the Russian army’s needs — report
The report suggests Russia’s military-industrial complex showed only modest real growth in 2023, with much of so-called "production" being, in fact, the cannibalizing of systems in storage with certain limits.
Insider: Taiwan becomes Russia’s top supplier of precision machine tools
An investigation has exposed how Russia has tapped Taiwan as its primary source of banned high-tech machine tools by evading sanctions through intermediaries in Turkey and China
Insider: GRU officer in Brussels funnels military exports to Russia
Just steps from the EU capital, a Russian GRU veteran and sons mastermind a scheme to keep Russia's military machine rolling with banned Western equipment
Block Western CNCs, then Russia’s arsenal fails
Advanced western machine tools that can automatically cut out any high-precision metal part are a gaping hole in the West's sanctions on Russia's war machine
UK intel: Russian firm aims to equip naval suicide drone with 600 kg munitions
UK Defense Ministry reports Russian pursuit of one-way attack uncrewed surface vehicles (OWA USVs) to rival Ukraine's capabilities.
IStories, OCCRP: Ukraine continues to supply Russia with spare parts for aircraft and helicopters despite war
The Russian company Avia FED Service supplied the Russian aviation industry with spare parts from Ukraine worth over $4 million…
Ukraine spy chief: Russia has no resources to continue war, save for human ones
Russia has no resources, except for human resource, to wage a protracted war, according to the Ukrainian top intelligence general.
Russian companies producing drones and missiles still not sanctioned by the West
Almost every night, buzzing drones and roaring missiles fill the dark sky over Ukraine as Russia continues to…
Russians used recently manufactured missiles in Apr 28 attack on Ukraine – Air force spox
According to Yurii Ihnat, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia can still produce certain types of…