IVAN KHOMENKO
Russia has significantly reduced the unit cost of its long-range Shahed-type attack drones over the past three years, according to Ukrainian intelligence and independent defense analysts.
In 2022, leaked documents from the Iran–Russia drone cooperation project showed that Russia was initially paying over $370,000 per unit for the Shahed drones. These costs reportedly dropped to $290,000 with bulk orders of 2,000 units and further to approximately $193,000 per unit for orders of 6,000.
According to CNN, citing Ukrainian military intelligence, current production at the Alabuga Special Economic Zone has allowed Russia to lower the per-unit cost of these drones to approximately $70,000.
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