During September 2024, russia launched over 1,300 one way attack unmanned aerial vehicles (OWA-UAVs) into Ukraine. This represents the highest number of OWA-UAVs launched in a month since the start of the full-scale invasion. Based on current rates it is almost certain that russia will surpass that number in October 2024, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
It is unclear whether russia can sustain this rate through the remainder of 2024. However, russia is almost certainly expanding its capacity to conduct large scale OWA-UAV attacks against Ukraine, supplementing Iranian supply with increasing domestic production.
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Russia utilizes its OWA UAVs against a multitude of targets, particularly energy infrastructure, given their ability to strike deep into Ukrainian territory, maintaining pressure on the Ukrainian air defense system.
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