After its invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Russia bought and improved them (as the Geran-2). It has since churned out tens of thousands to hurl at Ukraine. Now they are returning to the Middle East, en masse,

The U.S. and Qatar are in discussions with Kyiv about ⁠acquiring ⁠Ukrainian interceptor drones as a cheap alternative to down Iranian ⁠Shahed UAVs amid the war in the Gulf, a source familiar with the ...

Ukraine has pioneered using mass-produced interceptor drones, costing a few thousand dollars apiece, to destroy Russian versions of the Shahed that have been used against its cities.