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Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has published data on 21 Russian companies involved in the development and production of unmanned aerial systems used in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The information was released in the “Aggressor’s Military-Industrial Complex” section of the HUR War&Sanctions portal.
According to HUR on February 9, the listed companies manufacture various types of drones and related components that are actively used by Russian forces on the battlefield. Some of the systems identified have been employed to support Russian units in the South of Ukraine.
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Among the entities named is LLC “Agency for Digital Development,” a developer and manufacturer of the “Svarog” line of cargo drones, which Ukrainian intelligence says were used by Russian naval infantry units to supply Russian forces on islands in the Dnipro River delta in the Kherson region. The update also includes companies linked to the “Aero-Hit” group, which produces “Veles” FPV drones.
These companies are owned by Konstantin Basyuk, described by Ukrainian intelligence as a so-called Russian senator representing the temporarily occupied Kherson region, and receive funding from Russia’s state budget.
The list further includes the “Mikrob” Design Bureau, responsible for developing the FPV drone series of the same name, as well as JSC “Ploshchad,” which produces autopilot and machine-vision systems for these drones.
Ukraine’s intelligence services argue that the companies identified should be added to blacklists used by responsible businesses, financial institutions, and export control authorities in democratic countries.
“More than half of them are still not subject to sanctions by any country in the sanctions coalition, which allows the aggressor to freely obtain technologies, components, and financing,” the statement said.
The Main Intelligence Directorate stressed that sanctions pressure on Russia and oversight of enforcement mechanisms must be strengthened, warning that the combat experience and technologies Russia is acquiring in Ukraine could later be used by Moscow and its allies, including Iran and North Korea, in future wars beyond Ukraine.
The disclosure comes as Ukrainian forces continue to apply direct military pressure on Russia’s war-making capacity on the battlefield.
On February 8, Ukraine’s Defense Forces confirmed a new wave of precision strikes against Russian military infrastructure both in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories and inside Russia. The operations targeted facilities linked to drone warfare, logistics, and missile support, and were described as part of a sustained effort to degrade Russia’s offensive potential.
According to a statement by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian units struck a Russian logistics depot near the occupied settlement of Rozyvka in Zaporizhzhia region in the early hours of February 8. A day earlier, on February 7, Ukrainian forces also hit a Russian troop concentration area near Krasnohirske, another occupied location in the same region.
Separately, Ukrainian forces carried out a strike on a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle control center near Novoekonomichne in the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk region, disrupting Russian drone operations in the area.
Ukraine also confirmed the impact of earlier strikes deep inside Russia, reporting damage at the State Central Inter-Service Training Ground “Kapustin Yar” in Astrakhan region. Affected facilities reportedly included a technical site used to service medium-range ballistic missiles, an assembly building, and a logistics warehouse.
Earlier, HUR unveiled updated findings on Russia’s reliance on foreign-produced industrial equipment in the manufacturing of weapons and military hardware.
The intelligence agency said the data were made public via the War&Sanctions portal and identify 50 items of foreign technological equipment currently in use at enterprises tied to Russia’s military-industrial cooperation.
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