EADaily, February 8th, 2026. The Russian Armed Forces plan to increase the number of troops of unmanned systems by almost 80 thousand. He stated this after a meeting on the development of BPS.

Units from Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces wiped out over 30,000 Russian troops in January, while operators of interceptor drones shot down a record number of Shahed loitering munitions.

In the same time, interceptor drones managed to take down a record number of Russian Shahed drones.

Moscow's latest overnight barrage came amid temperatures as low as -14 F.

A Russian repair base has been attacked in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and UAV command posts have been struck in Donetsk Oblast.

The Russian military has launched a recruitment drive seeking troops for drone units, reflecting the key role that unmanned systems have come to play both in the Ukraine war and in Russia’s plans for its future force structure.

EADaily, January 25th, 2026. The British newspaper The Guardian published an advertising poster about the recruitment of unmanned Russian troops. Political observer Vladimir Kornilov drew attention to this.

Following Ukraine’s string of high-profile drone attacks against Russia’s naval forces in the Black Sea, the Kremlin has attempted to retaliate in kind.

The Ethiopian Air Force has taken into service two new types from Russia: the Orion-E unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and the Yak-130 jet trainer. The new

Turkey reported on Saturday that a Russian shadow fleet tanker was reportedly attacked by an unmanned vessel off the Black Sea coast of Turkey after it had been struck on Friday. In a press release, the Turkish Transport Ministry said that Virat sustained ...

The HESA Shahed-136 is an Iranian-designed loitering munition that has become popular due to its role in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. This type of lethal UAV is often referred to as a “suicide” or “kamikaze” weapon due to its ability to loiter ...