Ukraine Scales Up Drone Production 4.5 Years Into War, Striking Russian Infrastructure
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 5
Ukraine Scales Up Drone Production 4.5 Years Into War, Striking Russian Infrastructure
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 5
Summary
Four-and-a-half years after Russia’s 2022 invasion, Ukraine has built what the report describes as the world’s leading unmanned-systems industry and is using it to hit targets inside Russia.
Those strikes focus on Russian energy and retail infrastructure, extending retaliation for years of nightly ballistic-missile and Shahed drone attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Moscow, Crimea and other areas are now feeling the war more directly, complicating Kremlin messaging around a “special military operation” that was expected to last days.
Ukraine’s growing expertise in countering Iranian-designed drones has also improved Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s standing with Donald Trump’s White House, even as he faces domestic pressure over sidelining a popular commander.