The head of the Center for Support of Aerial Reconnaissance and the Victory Drones project, Maria Berlinska, stated that by the end of 2024, Russia will have significantly expanded drone production capabilities.
This expansion is facilitated by the "short logistics chain with China" that Russia has. Berlinska mentioned this in an interview with Novyny LIVE.
"Russia is working on several levels. They are both investing money in the private sector and simultaneously building large-scale state-owned production facilities, bringing in components from other countries and localizing component production," Berlinska said.
According to her, producing 4,000 drones is "not that difficult" for a country like Russia. However, she believes that Ukraine has the potential to reach production of over 1 million drones by the end of the year.
"FPV drones have made things much more complicated because they are highly accurate weapons. Practically every infantryman can become a target," noted Berlinska.
She emphasized that electronic warfare (EW) is not a "universal solution" against drone attacks, as both Ukrainian forces and Russian occupiers constantly change frequencies to avoid countermeasures. This, in Berlinska's view, will lead to greater drone autonomy.
She stated that the strategy to compel the aggressor state to peace should primarily involve maximizing the transfer of war to Russian territory.
"We need to target their command posts, logistics, depots, and the entire military machine that supports the front line—200-500 kilometers away, at factories, enterprises, and training grounds. We need to strike all of this on Russian territory and bring the war to Russian soil," emphasized Maria Berlinska.
She stressed that only "a maximum of 10% of the capabilities" produced by Russia's war machine should reach the front lines.
