Russia Turns Captured Ukrainian Drones Into ‘Frankenstein’ Strike Systems

Russia is turning captured Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into its own fleet of repurposed attack systems for use against their original operators, state-owned media reported.

In the southern Donetsk region, Russian troops are reportedly operating a “special laboratory” that dismantles captured or damaged Ukrainian drones before reassembling them into combat first-person view drones.

They strip components from up to six captured UAVs to build a single operational system, with the facility said to be processing around 1,500 drones every two weeks.

Read the full story on our full publication, The Drone Front: Russia Turns Captured Ukrainian Drones Into ‘Frankenstein’ Strike Systems