Russia Is Churning Out Attack Drones. Ukraine Is Feeling the Impact. - WSJ


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Russia's stepped-up production of attack drones is causing significant damage and fear in Ukraine. The first two weeks of June 2025 saw as many drone attacks as entire months in previous years.

Impact on Ukraine

The sheer number of drones launched (over 20,000 in 2025 alone, according to the Center for Information Resilience) is overwhelming Ukraine's air defenses. This undermines peace efforts.

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The information is based on a statistical analysis by the U.K.-based Center for Information Resilience.

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KYIV, Ukraine—Russia’s mass production of attack drones is raining fear across Ukrainian cities.Moscow sent as many long-range attack drones against its neighbor in the first two weeks of June as it did during whole months last year, straining the country’s air defenses and undermining President Trump’s attempts to secure a peace deal. A statistical analysis by the Center for Information Resilience, a U.K.-based open-source investigations organization, found that Russia, after cranking up production, has launched more than 20,000 attack and decoy drones in 2025 so far.

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