President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Russian military received around 140,000 drones in 2023 and that Moscow plans to increase this number tenfold in 2024.

In 2023, the Russian army received about 140,000 drones of different types, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. This year, Moscow is planning to produce 1.4 million, he claimed.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said that in 2023, the Russian Armed Forces received approximately 140,000 drones of various types and that production is planned to increase tenfold this year. Source: Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Russian Military-Industrial Commission on the development of unmanned aerial systems for special purposes,