The Russian bakery making killer drones to support Putin’s war

Published on January 5, 2024



Bread factory hit with US sanctions for assembling UAVs used in Ukraine invasion

Loaves are not the only things coming hot off the production line at the Tambov Bread Factory in central Russia — and western sanctions authorities are taking notice. Tambov’s bakers were put on a US blacklist in December for assembling small drones on the premises that Russian troops use in President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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