German General: Russians Plan to Launch 2,000 drones vs Ukraine

German General: Russians Plan  to Launch 2,000 drones vs Ukraine

This hasn’t happened yet but neither has tomorrow—yet.

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The mere revelation of Russia planning to build and launch 2,000 drones against Ukraine at the same time is enough to send all Ukrainians scurrying for help.

The Ukrainian Truth (Українська Правда) reported that Russia intends to simultaneously launch up to 2,000 drones on Ukraine, according to German Maj.-Gen. Christian Freuding.

Freuding made this revelation in the Bundeswehr’s Nachgefragt podcast on Saturday, July 19.

Freuding has information that Russia is significantly expanding its production capacity to enable mass drone deployment in the war against Ukraine. He said Moscow plans to launch 2,000 drones at once, which could overwhelm Ukrainian air defence systems. Two thousand is twice Russia’s last launch record.

The general emphasized the need to develop “smart countermeasures,” as the use of conventional means – in particular, missiles from the Patriot air defence system – is not a logical response to Shahed drones, which cost $40,000-$67,000 while a single Patriot missile costs over $6.7 million.

In Freuding’s assessment, Ukraine needs low-cost counter-drone solutions priced at $2,682-$5,364 to effectively repel large-scale attacks.

Freuding also named strikes deep inside Russian territory – targeting military aircraft, airfields and defence factories – as another necessary response to the drone threat.

He further pointed out that China has ceased supplying drone components to Ukraine and now exclusively exports to Russia.

"Right now, the situation is that China is effectively exporting solely to Russia, while Ukraine has been shut out of this market," Freuding said.