Alabuga-manufactured drones aiding Russia's latest attack on Kyiv

Rescuers observe before transporting a fragment of Russian cruise missile outside a residential building in Kyiv on August 1, 2025, partially destroyed following a Russian missile strike morning on July 31, 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. [AFP]

The latest attack on Ukraine’s Capital – Kyiv, where the number of those killed rose to 31 by early Friday, according to Kyiv Independent, came more than ten days after Russia’s propaganda media released a video revealing large drone factories tucked away in one of the republics of the Federation.

On July 20, Russia’s military-controlled Zvezda TV reported what had previously been described as an established string of factories in its Special Economic Zone in the republic of Tartastan that lie 1000 kilometres East of Moscow in a clear case of chest-thumping.