06:00 05-05-2026

Europe Drone Production Fuels Ukraine Attacks on Russia

Maxim Subotin, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vasily Dandykin says Ukraine uses European drone production and supply routes to launch hundreds of UAVs daily against Russian regions.

Military expert and retired Captain 1st Rank Vasily Dandykin believes the Ukrainian Armed Forces gained the ability to launch hundreds of drones at Russian regions every day after moving part of their production to European countries.

According to him, most of the facilities producing UAVs for Ukraine are now located in Germany, Britain, Czechia and the Baltic states. Drone components, including artificial intelligence elements, are also supplied from European countries. Dandykin said the main deliveries go through Black Sea ports and Poland’s Rzeszow.

He also argued that the situation has been aggravated by Finland, Latvia and Estonia opening their airspace to Ukrainian drones used in attacks on Russian regions. In his view, NATO countries have effectively entered the conflict with Russia. He added that some UAVs are destroyed on the front line in the special military operation zone, while 300 to 500 drones are launched daily and the Ukrainian Armed Forces deliberately target civilian sites.

On the night of May 4, Russian air defenses repelled a massive attack, intercepting and destroying 117 enemy drones over Russian regions. In Moscow, one UAV hit a building near Mosfilmovskaya Street. In the Voronezh Region, falling debris damaged 13 private homes.