Russian Volunteers Assemble Small Attack Drones from Asia-sourced Parts

Volunteers from Russia’s Leningrad region are assembling small quadcopter attack drones, the main components of which are sourced from Asia.

Amidst increasing usage of drones in the Ukraine war, the volunteers from Luga district, Leningrad, are helping cranking up the production of drones to help Russian forces meet an ever-increasing demand for battlefield support drones, Zvezda, the official channel of the Russian ministry of defense reported Tuesday.

During testing of the quadcopters, the payload was replaced by a 1kg water bottle. Volunteers organized workshops for the working class during their leisure time so they can help assemble drones.

While main components of these cheap attack drones are ordered from Asia, few of them are 3D printed.

 “They (the drones) fly in good conditions for 2-3km with an operating time of about 5-10 minutes with a load. Without a load, they, like scouts, can last up to 25 minutes,” Nikolai, a project volunteer, told Russian state media.

Volunteers are also sending food, medicines, generators, camouflage nets, and more to the soldiers of the Luga garrison.

“We have Luga, go to any class at school, someone has a father, mother - members of the NWO. How could Luga be left behind? No way,” Evgeny Golub, co-organizer of the “We don’t leave our own” project said.

The project began with a few people, now thousands are participating in it - public organizations and officials, relatives of fighters and ordinary people.