Russia Is Replicating Iranian Drones and Using Them to Attack Ukraine

August 10, 2023

Author: 

John Ismay

Publication: 

New York Times

Related Country: 

  • Russia

Russia has begun producing its own variant of the Shahed-136 one-way attack drone. Specialists at Conflict Armament Research, an independent weapon tracking group, examined the wreckage of two drones in late July that appeared to be Shahed-136 models but contained different materials from those known to have been made in Iran. They also had electronic modules that matched ones previously found in other Russian-made drones.