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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.
Kremlin agents used EU territory as covert highway to arm kamikaze drones for attacks on Ukrainians
The SBU raids Kyiv and surrounding regions, seizing evidence of a sophisticated operation to improve drone strikes.
Not just deported: Moscow turns Ukrainian children into soldiers, laborers, and Russians, studies show
From grenade drills to drone assembly, many kids are pressed into the Russian war machine, according to two recent studies.
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.
Ukraine hits core of Moscow’s drone war machine for second time in single week
Ukrainian forces target Russia's expanding Shahed production network with precision strikes 1,300 km from the border.
Moscow recruits African women to produce drones in horrific conditions — investigation exposes large-scale fraud
Russia is expanding the production of drones in Tatarstan, using African and Asian women who are deceived into taking dangerous jobs in the Alabuga special economic zone.
Ukrainian drones just hit Russian factory making Shahed UAVs—1,000+ km from the front line
Ukraine struck a drone factory in Yelabuga, Tatarstan, tied to the Shahed UAVs used in near-daily attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Ukrainian drones target drone-producing Tatarstan in Russia
Meanwhile, Russia imposes new fines and censorship policies, aiming to prevent public access to evidence contradicting official interception claims.
China secretly helps Russia build massive long-range drone fleet
While China blocks drone exports to Kyiv, Russian access continues.
Drones hit Russia’s Shahed drone factory 1,200 km from Ukraine again
The facility in Tatarstan's Yelabuga was previously targeted in April.
Ukraine’s largest air assault targets fuel and defense industries in 12 Russian regions
Widespread drone and missile strikes hit Russian military-industrial and fuel facilities in Saratov, Kazan, Bryansk, Tula, and other regions.
Drones strike major Russian oil refinery in Tatarstan
The Taneko refinery, which was reportedly hit, is vital for Russia's energy supply and military logistics.
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.
Ukraine’s National Resistance Center: Russian teens to manufacture 10,000 Shahed drones annually
Activists from the "Cyber Resistance" group have shared documents with the National Resistance Center, providing evidence of yet…
Ukrainian intel: No Western weapons used in Russia’s Tatarstan attack
Tatarstan officials claimed the drones used in the attack were "equipped with NATO-country equipment."
Another oil refinery targeted in Russia’s Tatarstan by drones
Unknown drones targeted an oil refinery and a Shahed drone assembly plant in Tatarstan, Russia, causing damage, with reports suggesting Ukrainian-made drones were used in this deep attack into Russian territory.
Russia’s many non-Russian nations no longer have any authors under 35 writing in their languages – Tatar scholar
A recently held roundtable on the census in the Tatarstan capital that attracted experts from across the Russian…