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Russia’s main drone supplier is about to be knocked offline


They've got a bunch of other facilities dotted around the place: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/16/ukraine-war-br...


According to a Ukrainian friend Russia is now producing them themselves. They got the design plans from Iran.


Russia's drones are primarily domestic production, not imported. The original Shaheds and their design were imported, but now the Russians are on the Geran-3 version and are cranking them out at the cyclic rate.

Ukrainian sources still insist on calling them "Shaheds": https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/06/4/7515633/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/29/russia-iran-...




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