Russia Iran Shahed-136 drone Kyiv Ukraine
A Russian drone, considered by Ukrainian authorities to be an Iranian-made Shahed-136, over Kyiv on October 17, 2022.
  • Russia used Iranian Shahed exploding drones to strike Ukraine, an ISW report said.
  • It is aiming to "offset the degradation" of its precision munition supply, the think tank said. 
  • The Russian military used drones to target Kyiv for the first time in 25 days.

Russian forces are using Iranian-made Shahed drones and "other lower-precision systems" to strike Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in a recent assessment of the war in Ukraine.