The Kremlin is doubling down on its support for Iran as the US conducts strikes to preempt attacks by Iranian-back proxies in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen against American and other targets. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) condemned the US
Forbes has calculated the use of Lancet kamikaze drones by Russia in 2023 and concluded that their production has fallen, which may be due to the explosion at the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant in Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Oblast, on 9 August 2023.
Following an explosion at the ZOMZ optical plant in August, supplies of Russia s Lancet loitering munition fell off. Was this some well-targeted Ukrainian sabotage?
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 31, 2023
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Nicole Wolkov, Christina Harward, Karolina Hird, Riley Bailey, and Frederick W. Kagan
December 31, 2023, 5:10pm ET
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