Military drones are building teens. In half a year the factory in Jełabuga lays 18 thousand. devices

Primary school graduates who are 15 years old work at the largest drone factory in Jełabuga in Russia, in Tatarstan – Telegraph daily said on Monday, analyzing video material published in Russian Television of Zawisz.

The British newspaper reports that on the recording broadcast on Sunday, the Russians for the first time showed the interior of the factory in Jełabuga, including production lines, foundations, assembly stands and test rooms. There is also a shot presenting the launch of a drone from the car.

The film also shows very young people who work on the assembly of Grań-2 drones, i.e. the Russian version of the Iranian Shamed-136. According to “Telegraph”, there are teenagers among employees who start working here after completing the ninth grade of primary school, as well as students of a nearby technical school.

The newspaper cites estimates saying that Russia produced over 5,000 Drons of distant range of each month, and in Jełabuga's plants during the first six months of 2025, up to 18,000 could have been built. such aircraft.

The British daily reminded that in recent days Moscow regularly attacks Ukraine with over half a thousand drones and missiles every night. The largest attack since the start of the full -size war in February 2022 was carried out by the Russian army on July 9, in which 741 rockets and drones were used.

According to journalists, the production of Geran-2 drone is relatively cheap and costs from 26 thousand. up to over 37 thousand pounds per piece. Air defense systems supplied by allies are much more expensive – the price of one patriot capturing missile costs over 4 million pounds.

The total length of the gerań-2 drone is 3.5 meters, and the wing range is 2.5 meters. It weighs about 2 tons and can move the head of 50 kg. It has a relatively large range, as it can attack goals even 1800 km, reaching a speed of up to 300 km per hour.

Ukraine has announced that in recent days she shot down Shahed with a serial number 30,000, which was determined on the basis of a fragment of a shot down ship.

The factory in Jełabuga was opened in 2023. It is located in the Special Economic Zone of Alabug, near Kazan, where the Production Center for Advanced Technologies is located. If necessary, drone technology can be transported directly from Iran to Russia through the Caspian Sea, where the Volga has its mouth. The Kama River, at which Jelabuga is located, is the left tributary of the Volga.

From London Marta Zabłocka (PAP)

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