Russia has been combining the use of Shahed drones with cheaper and lighter domestically-produced Italmas UAVs in its attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW); Russian Telegram channel Mash Details: Russian media suggested on 23 October that Russian forces had used new long-range Italmas drones and their variants for the first time in Ukraine during a drone attack on Kyiv Oblast.
The Russians have launched the production of unidentified drones using engines from AliExpress, and they pose a threat, Ukrainian Air Force Spokesman Yurii Ihnat has said. Source: Ihnat during the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote from Ihnat: "[As for] the UAVs of unidentified type.
In our news wrap Tuesday, Russia fired a new missile barrage at Ukraine's capital overnight, airstrikes and explosions escalated in Sudan as the army defended bases from a paramilitary group, the European Union adopted rules to regulate products that fuel deforestation and U.S. bank executives were called to account for the salaries and bonuses they earned before their own institutions collapsed.