In 2024, the number of Russian drones utilized for attacks on Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure increased significantly. This is due to the improvement of production in Russia of the Shahid-136 drones (the local designation of this household is Gieran) and its derivatives as well as the production of cheaper apparent targets pretending to be Shahids. All this to make at the time of attacks I the largest number of targets for Ukrainian airmen, so as to overload their ability to conduct defence but besides to consume supplies of valuable ground-to-air. **In 2024, more than 11,000 drones of this class were to be shot down, most of them in fresh months**.
