#Russian military targets

Russia is moving ahead with plans for a next-generation combat helicopter, even as drones and loitering munitions reshape the battlefield and raise doubts about the role of traditional rotorcraft.

A Russian Shahed factory in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Tatarstan has been recruiting young women from dozens of low-income countries with promises of high salaries, education, and career opportunities—without disclosing that many would end up assembling drones later used in strikes on Ukraine.