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Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the need to develop drones in a consultative meeting on military equipment on June 12.

He noted that drones can strike and destroy the enemy’s armoured technical equipment, communications bases, transport means, manpower, etc.

Saying that drones are actively being used for reconnaissance, anti-artillery warfare, wireless electronic warfare and the laying and clearing of mines, he asserted that their combat effectiveness is being boosted rapidly.

An unmanned system corps is being established as an independent arm of the Russian armed forces and therefore drones should be developed and deployed as fast as possible and in the most qualitative way, he stated.