The U.S.-sanctioned suicide drones are cheap to make and have been shown capable of destroying Ukraine's valuable Western-donated military equipment, adding difficulties to Kyiv's slow and gruelling counteroffensive. Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has seen a "serious increase in interest" abroad in so-called loitering munition made by Russia including the Lancet drones, the head of the firm Alexander Mikheyev told TASS on the sidelines of the Dubai Airshow. "The Lancet is also receiving a lot of attention in the foreign market, but it is not supplied abroad as the Russian Armed Forces' need for it is high" and there is no export permit documentation yet.