The Center for Strategic and International Studies said that Ukrainian military data indicate that the Iranian Shahed-136 drone has become the most reliable weapon Russia relies on in its long-range strikes on Ukraine. The expert, who is deputy director of the missile defense project at the US think tank, states that unlike 2022, Russia's dependence on high-precision weapons in Ukraine has declined.
Moscow, in turn, has become more dependent on less expensive and more abundant weapons, such as the Iranian Shahid-14 drone.