A manufacturing plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region has significantly scaled up its production of Iranian-designed drones, using a range of Chinese components, and recruiting a low-skilled workforce of Russian teenagers and African women,

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised to Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, on Saturday for what the Kremlin said was a "tragic incident" in Russian airspace.

Secret plant in Russia increases drone production for war against Ukraine The attack targeted a fortified facility used by Russia’s forces for storing, maintaining, and repairing kamikaze drones. According to the General Staff,