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Christian Freuding, discussed Moscow\u2019s scaled-up production capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Russians are looking to increase their production capacity \u2013 they want to expand drone attacks \u2026 The ambition is to have 2,000 drones that can be used simultaneously,\u201d the official said, having just returned from a trip to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Freuding highlighted that the quality and quantity of Russian-produced Shahed drones have improved, with the interval between air strikes decreasing from every 10-12 days last year to now occurring every three to four days, and deploying up to 7,800 drones at peak times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe quality of the drones that were copied from the Iranian predecessor models has improved significantly \u2013 we assume that the potency has increased by 50%, they are hardened against electronic warfare defenses and harder to defend against,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War, Moscow\u2019s target of deploying up to 2,000 unmanned aerial vehicles in a single night could be <a href=\"https:\/\/understandingwar.org\/backgrounder\/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-20-2025\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/understandingwar.org\/backgrounder\/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-20-2025\">reached<\/a> as early as November, if the country\u2019s current growing trend in drone usage persists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The research group noted that as of last month, the Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate, known as GUR, reported that Russian industry could manufacture approximately 170 Shahed-type drones per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, Russian media channels <a href=\"https:\/\/mezha.media\/en\/oboronka\/rosiyani-pokazali-virobnictvo-shahediv-303473\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/mezha.media\/en\/oboronka\/rosiyani-pokazali-virobnictvo-shahediv-303473\/\">shared<\/a> footage reportedly showing a factory where the Geran-2, the Russian designation of Shahed-136 drones, are mass-produced and tested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the recent tactics Russian forces appear to have adopted to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses consist of flying in more drone swarm formations or operating at higher altitude bands, thus making the systems harder to reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Freuding argued that more cost-effective countermeasures are needed by Ukraine to fend off the increased drone attacks, noting that mobile fire units, once highly visible in many parts of the country, \u201care no longer as effective with their machine guns\u201d against Russian-operated drones at elevated altitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA Shahed drone costs anything between 30,000-50,000 euros to manufacture depending on the model \u2013 it makes sense we\u2019re not fighting them with Patriot missiles, which cost over 5 million \u2026 but we need countermeasures [ranging] from two, three to four thousand euros [worth] precisely because Russia is looking to increase their production capacity,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Freuding made a name for himself since Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine in February 2022 as a shrewd land tactics explainer to German and European Internet audiences. 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