For attacks in Russia: Ukraine has purchased tens of thousands of drones and spare parts in China - WSJ

It is noted that Moscow has been actively working with Iran for over two years, buying thousands of drones from Tehran for attacks in Ukrainian territory. Also, about 6,000 drones will be produced under the Iranian license in the special economic zone of Alabuga. Meanwhile, Kiev could go the other way, as it is in the material, and to buy a much larger number of drones for enemy attacks from another Russian partner - China.

For the most part, SZ DJI Technology finished products are purchased, which is also manufactured by Mavic, which has become popular during the war. Ukraine can also buy Chinese components, which then use in the drone of its own production, which continues to grow at a rapid rate. The Defense Advisor to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Georgy Tshakay stated that in just one and a half years the number of UAV producers increased from 7 to almost 300.

As a result, this causes the military to receive hundreds of thousands of simple and cheap devices that are capable of carrying explosives. Representatives of SZ DJI Technology in a comment to The Wall Street Journal stated that they were trying to limit the use of their products in the war, but are not able to control the process fully. For example, the US has such a ban on the military, so US drones are too expensive.

Washington tried to adjust drones, but they cost tens of thousands of dollars more than Chinese counterparts. "We are still looking for more economically advantageous solutions. We need to adapt quickly to the emerging technologies. The innovative cycle in this war is very short," said the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Georgy Dubinsky. In addition, US devices are mostly designed for commercial use and are difficult to process them for military purposes.

They begin to look, poorly confront the means of the EW and may not always complete the mission to the end. All this is added to all this, which was told by journalists of startups and former military in the United States, UAV operators at the front and Ukrainian officials. "The overall reputation of each class of American drones in Ukraine is such that they do not work as well as the other systems," said the CEO of one of Edam Brya Silicon Valley.

At the beginning of the war, he gave the hundreds of his best drones to the Ukrainians, they were not quite successful on the battlefield. We will remind, on April 9 it was reported that the fighter of the Armed Forces told about the evolution of drones and the harm from "home" UAV. According to anonymous military instructor from unmanned aerial vehicles, there were almost no drones in the Armed Forces at the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia, then civilian Mavic appeared.