The state-run outlet touted that teens as young as 14 are invited to study and work at the factory, creating a pipeline that would see them employed at the drone facility once they finish college — fulfilling Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goal of ramping up the country’s attack against Ukraine. The footage from inside the factory highlighted the in-house assembly line that puts the drones together from start to finish, with the army station showing the UAVs lifting off from the back of US RAM pickup trucks. Timur Shagivaleyev, the factory’s general director, boasted that the workers at the Yelabuga plant have produced tens of thousands of new drones — nine times more than the “several thousand Geran-2 drones” originally promised to the state two years ago.
Author: Ronny Reyes
Published at: 2025-07-21 21:25:30
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