◾️ In April 2024, the strike range of #Ukrainian drones increased to 1,200 km - a #Shahed drone production plant in the #Alabuga Special Economic Zone came under attack. In May that year, drones reached the #Gazprom_Neftekhim_Salavat oil refinery, located 1500 km from the state border.
◾️ In February 2026, a record distance to target for #Ukrainian drones was set - 1,750 km. They struck the #Ukhta oil refinery in the #Komi_Republic.
"Politik und Macht
Westliche Firmen sind noch in Russland – da, wo Russland Drohnen baut
In einer „Sonderwirtschaftszone“ stellt Russland seine Langstreckendrohnen her, mit denen es die Ukraine angreift. Direkt daneben: die Fabriken westlicher Firmen. Auch einer deutschen."
(Dieser Text ist zuerst am 13. April 2026 bei The Kyiv Independent erschienen.)
> Hintergrund: Falsche Versprechen - Wie #Russland Menschen aus #Afrika für den #Krieg rekrutiert
#alabuga
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/falsche-versprechen-wie-russland-menschen-aus-afrika-fuer-den-krieg-rekrutiert-100.html
https://podcast-mp3.dradio.de/podcast/2026/01/22/falsche_versprechen_wie_russland_menschen_aus_afrika_fuer_dlf_20260122_1840_7152ea4e.mp3?refId=hintergrund-102
In #Tatarstan Russia, the #Alabuga SEZ battery warehouse is on fire, Alabuga is also the location where Shahed drones are produced.
At the moment around 5,000 sq.m is on fire.
"Fingers crossed!" 🤞
From https://t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en
#Russian Telegram channels report a fire at a storage warehouse where batteries are stored in #Alabuga, #Tatarstan, #Russia (where #Shahed drones are produced).
The fire has spread to about 1,000 square meters.
This information needs confirmation.
#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691
Russia to import 12,000 North Koreans to work in massive Shahed drone plant
#Russia running out of workers to build #Shahed-type deep-strike #drones, & Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) says they’re calling on #NorthKorea for help
New workers are bound for Russia’s #Alabuga factory in #Tatarstan, which produces the bulk of its domestic versions of the #Iranian-designed Shahed drones, also called “Gerans” and “Gerberas.”
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense reported Russia's plans to recruit up to 12,000 North Korean workers to assemble attack drones at facilities in the #Alabuga Special Economic Zone in #Tatarstan.
Главное управление разведки Министерства обороны Украины сообщило о планах России привлечь до 12 тысяч северокорейских рабочих для сборки ударных дронов на предприятиях особой экономической зоны «Алабуга» в Татарстане.
which promised education and work but turned out to be a cover for labour exploitation.
According to the investigative publication #Protocol, since 2022, #Alabuga has recruited about 350 women from 40 countries. Among them are 46 representatives from #Uganda, 14 each from #Kenya, #Nigeria, #Rwanda, and #South_Sudan, six from #South_Africa, and four from #Tanzania, #Zambia, and #Zimbabwe. The fate of the girls from #Malawi remains unknown.
"Keeping an empire through slavery!"🤮🤮🤮
From https://t.me/Pravda_Gerashchenko
💩 "Work and travel" #Russian style: girls from #Malawi are held in #Russia as unpaid labour
🇲🇼The authorities of #Malawi have started an investigation into reports that girls from this #African country may have ended up in labour slavery at the #Russian #Alabuga factory, where #Shaheds are produced.
According to the #South_African branch of #Human_Rights_Watch, the girls were recruited under the #Alabuga_Start program,
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