Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said that in 2023, the Russian Armed Forces received approximately 140,000 drones of various types and that production is planned to increase tenfold this year. Source: Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Russian Military-Industrial Commission on the development of unmanned aerial systems for special purposes,

Such an increase would see Russia leapfrog the United States and India in terms of the number of active combat soldiers it has at its disposal.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has issued a decree increasing the number of personnel in the Russian armed forces to 2,389,130, including 1,500,000 military personnel. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti;

Kyiv's recent incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast marked the first invasion into Russian territory since World War II. Ukrainian forces claimed control of over 100 settlements and captured nearly 600 Russian soldiers,

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Russian military received around 140,000 drones in 2023 and that Moscow plans to increase this number tenfold in 2024.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was ramping up drone production by around ten times to nearly 1.4 million this year in a bid to ensure the Russian armed forces win in Ukraine. Since Russia sent tens of thousands of soldiers into Ukraine in February 2022,

Russia is planning to increase drone production "almost ten times" this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Sept. 19, Kremlin-controlled Interfax news agency reported. In 2023, the Russian army received about 140,