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Ukraine's HUR reveals size of Russia's Geran attack drone stockpile
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The Kyiv Independent
Russian forces have accumulated around 6,200 Geran kamikaze drones of various types as of August, Ukrainian media outlet Militarnyi reported on Aug. 12, citing Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR).
At the same time, the number of long-range drones launched against Ukraine has declined significantly in recent months.
The size of Shahed-136/Geran-2 attack drones (Nizar al-Rifai/The Kyiv Independent)Russia's largest drone attacks can involve between 600 and 1,000 drones.
Russian forces launched 1,560 drones at Ukraine over a 24-hour period on May 13 and May 14.
According to daily reports from Ukraine's Air Force, Russian forces significantly increased their use of long-range drones in the spring.