At a secretive factory in Russia’s central grasslands, engineers are manufacturing hundreds of decoy drones meant to overwhelm Ukrainian defenses as they try to protect against a horrific new weapon,

Engineers are creating decoys which will be used to mask attacks using devastating thermobaric warheads, journalists found.

Russian forces are adapting their long-range strike tactics to include both decoy Shahed drones and Shahed drones equipped with thermobaric warheads. This shift appears aimed at confusing and straining Ukrainian air defenses while maximizing the impact of their attacks.

The Russians are using decoy drones designed to wear out Ukrainian air defenses, along with deadly thermobaric attack UAVs. — Ukrinform.

Russia is using decoy drones to confuse Ukrainian defenses, while also introducing thermobaric drones that pose severe risks. The Alabuga plant in Russia is key to drone production. These tactics are saving costs for Russia and creating uncertainty in Ukrainian airspace,

Russian Defence Ministry reports downing 59 Ukrainian drones near border regions, thwarting terrorist attacks, causing minimal damage.

Russian forces have started deploying deadly thermobaric drones alongside numerous decoy UAVs, which are not armed with explosives, in their large-scale drone attacks against Ukraine. Source: Associated Press (AP) Details: A factory in Russia's Alabuga special economic zone recently began producing thermobaric drones along with decoys,

On Saturday, Russia launched 145 drones across Ukraine, just days after the re-election of Donald Trump threw into doubt U.S. support for the country.

Russia has started producing thermobaric drones for use in Ukraine. These drones are equipped with highly destructive warheads capable of causing severe damage to both civilians and infrastructure. An investigation by the Associated Press revealed that these drones are launched alongside decoy drones to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses.

More than half of the drones launched at Ukraine from Russia in recent weeks have been fakes — knockoffs of horrifying thermobaric bombs that can collapse lungs, crush eyeballs and cause brain damage,