"Shelling will": The Russian Federation can start to use the drones produced more actively - expert

According to the head of the Center for Military Legal Research Alexander Musienko, the construction of a plant for the production of analogues of Iranian UAV Shahd, which will be applied to attacks on energy facilities of Ukraine. In the nearst winter, Russia will bet on the use of shock drones on energy facilities. The head of the Center for Military Legal Research Alexander Musienko said this in a comment to the focus, in Russia the construction of a UAV factory under the SHAHED 136 \ 131.

At first, the Russians conducted a large -scale assembly of parts that were brought from Iran, and now they have moved to improving the software to bypass the Ukrainian air defense systems. According to the expert, Russia may soon begin to use the drones produced more actively. "It is worth expected that shelling will be used. They will use them, because Russia has high hopes for the use of drones," Musienko said.

According to Musienko, today there is no information that Russia has completed the construction of a drone plant. "There was information that there are workshops that are engaged in a large -scale assembly - what was imported from Iran. Then they began to change the Shahaneda software in order to bypass the Ukrainian means of air defense and radio electronic wrestling," the expert said.

Musienko emphasized that in the summer of 2023 Russia made a "throw" that the plant produces thousands of units of drones per month. However, in reality, such indicators have not yet achieved. "It is not visible today to make 4,000 units by the end of the year as they said. There is also no information that the plant is completed in the production plan, although it is declared that this may happen by the end of the year.

There is also no information about increasing in times, that Russia produces thousands of drones, " - said Musienko. According to the British news agency Reuters, the construction of the plant, where drones-Kamikadze according to the Iranian scheme are created in Tatarstan. These drones, designed in Iran and made in Russia, are designed to attack Ukrainian energy facilities.

Earlier, Oleksandr Musienko spoke about the production of new shock UAVs in the Russian Federation as a work of the "national team". According to Iran's contract with Russia, the process of making UAV covers three stages: assembly in Russia, further production of elements there and further independent production of drones by Russia for the supervision of Iran.