2 thousand Shahd per year: will Russia be able to maintain the pace of launching drones in Ukraine

Russia was unable to establish its own production of shock drones like Shahd. But this does not mean that attacks in Ukraine will decrease. On September 13, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down the first Iranian shock drone type "Shahd". Since then, Russia has released more than two thousand Kamikadze drones in Ukraine: 5,5 "Shahmed" per day, by spending, according to various estimates, from $ 40 to $ 100 million.

The representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense Andriy Yusov is convinced that Russia has not been able to establish its own production of drones-Kamikadze Iranian production Shahd and is highly dependent on Tehran supplies. They will last for some time, but because of complex logistics in the Russian Federation there are problems in increasing drones.

Compared to the cruise missiles, the cost of shock drones "Shahd-136/131" is much lower, and the efficiency in performing specific tasks is higher, says the founder of the project A. Drones Yuri Kasyanov says focus. For this reason, Russia is trying to establish the production of drones of Iranian origin, but it is difficult to assume whether it will be able to maintain the pace with which the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine over the last year.

"The task of drones is not only to hit objects in our territory, but also to exhaust air defense. Our drones solve a similar task in Russian territory, flying in Moscow. Every shahad, worth from 25 to 50 thousand dollars, requires a lot of effort with Our side is the cost of expensive anti -aircraft missiles. In this case, the exchanging is unequal, "Kasyanov said.

According to the experts of the focus, in most cases the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation use drones-Kamikadze Iranian origin to attack Ukrainian infrastructure. In addition to air defense, the military of the Armed Forces use pickups armed with large caliber machine guns to eliminate drones. But this method is considered working only in good weather. "If there is strong fog and low cloudy on the street," wheelbarrows "in vain.

Since we can only assume whether Russia will be able to maintain the rate of shelling, our main task is to increase air defense. And also to increase the number of flights of our drones There are no drones-Kamikadze capable of "getting" UAV factories because they are located about a thousand kilometers from the front line. But we are working on it. And I am sure that we will soon be able , and logistics centers that are engaged in the supply of accessories for drones, " - continues Kasyanov.

In August 2023, journalists of the American edition of The Washington Post reported that in the territory of the special economic zone "Alabuga" in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia is building a plant where it plans to produce drones of Shahd type. By the summer of 2025, the Russian Federation planned to produce 6,000 Kamikadze drones. But military engineers faced a serious problem.

Journalists wrote that only 4 out of 130 components for ShahED production in Russia, the rest - abroad, in particular, in the United States. Sanctions are in force to export electronics to the Russian Federation. "It is important to ensure that the sanctions that introduced the event worked. Each found apparatus [Armed Forces - approx. ] It is necessary to analyze components, to track the ducts of supplies of spare parts and components from which the drones are collected.

It is necessary to monitor where to supply the components. You need to prepare and evaluate the risks as much as possible, " - says Droneua co -founder Valery Yakovenko. The expert adds that Ukraine has become stronger in terms of defensive opportunities, as most drones of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation knock down the air defense. We will remind, on the night of September 13 Russian troops once again attacked the territory of Ukraine 44 drones-Kamikadze Shahd-136.

The air defense managed to knock down 32 enemy UAVs. It was reported that during the night shelling of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of Ukraine, air alarm was declared in eight settlements of Romania along the Danube. The Ministry of National Defense of the country stated that the fragments of Russian drones will be searched at a distance of 20 km from the river.